Post corona virus Disease-19 (COVID-19): Hyper inflammatory syndrome-associated bilateral anterior uveitis and multifocal serous retinopathy secondary to steroids

Post corona virus Disease-19 (COVID-19): Hyper inflammatory syndrome-associated bilateral anterior uveitis and multifocal serous retinopathy secondary to steroids

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can cause ocular manifestations which include conjunctivitis to retinal manifestations.A 41-year-old Asian Indian male presented with unilateral Hunting blurring, glare, and pain in the left eye (LE), 22 days after COVID-19 infection.He had been administered intravenous steroids followed by oral steroids.Eye evaluation showed corrected distance visual acuity of 20/20 in both the eyes (BEs).Anterior chamber showed inflammation in the LE, a day later in the right eye.

Fundus examination of the BE showed retinal pigment epithelial changes with serous elevation suggestive of multifocal serous chorioretinopathy.A month later, he had improvement in his symptoms with no cells in BE with topical steroids with resolution of serous Jandy LRZ Parts retinopathy.Bilateral anterior uveitis possibly represents an immune-mediated trigger of his clinically quiescent psoriasis causing first-ever uveitis episode, possibly due to COVID-19.Serous chorioretinopathy could be secondary to steroids following treatment of COVID-19-related sequelae.