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Ocular MRI Findings in Patients With Severe COVID-19
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This article reports the presence of nodules on the posterior aspect of the globe as seen on the MRIs of 9 patients with severe COVID-19.
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The clinical significance of this finding has yet to be elucidated.
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Access this abstract nowCOVID-19 may affect various organs. This paper reports 9 patients (1/9 [11%] woman and 8/9 [89%] men, mean age 56 ± 13 years) with globe MRI abnormalities obtained from a multicenter cohort of 129 patients presenting with severe COVID-19 from March 4th to May 1st, 2020. 9/129 (7%) patients had one or several FLAIR-WI hyperintense nodules of the posterior pole of the globe. All patients had nodules in the macular region, 8/9 (89%) had bilateral nodules, 2/9 (22%) had nodules outside the macular region. Screening of these patients might improve the management of potentially severe ophthalmological manifestations of the virus.
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Ocular MRI Findings in Patients With Severe COVID-19: A Retrospective Multicenter Observational Study
Radiology 2021 Feb 16;[EPub Ahead of Print], A Lecler, F Cotton, F Lersy, S Kremer, F HéranFrom MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.