Acute retinal pigment epitheliitis: a case presentation and literature review

Kılıç, Raşit

doi:10.5935/0004-2749.20210028

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“…Generally, ARPE affects young healthy individuals [1][2][3][4][5]. Although bilateral cases have been reported [3], most patients are affected unilaterally [6]. Additionally, some cases are infrequently recurrent [3].…”

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Acute Retinal Pigment Epitheliitis following Vaccination

Sasajima¹,

Zako²,

Aoyagi³

et al. 2022

Case Rep Ophthalmol

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We present a rare case of acute retinal pigment epitheliitis (ARPE) following vaccination. An 18-year-old Japanese man visited our hospital with a 5-day history of a central scotoma in the right eye. He had received the second dose of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination (BNT162b2 mRNA, Pfizer-BioNTech) 1 month prior, following which he developed a low-grade fever of 37.3–37.5°C for 2 days accompanied by joint pain. Although he had received influenza vaccination 5 days prior to this presentation, no systemic symptoms other than injection site pain were observed. Blood test results were unremarkable. Ophthalmological examination revealed a decimal best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 0.8 and 1.2 in the right and left eyes, respectively. Intraocular pressure was 15 mm Hg in both eyes. Intraocular inflammation was not observed. Fundus examination revealed a localized lesion of pigment stippling associated with yellowish hypopigmentation in the fovea. Fluorescein angiography revealed slight transmission hyperfluorescence without leakage. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed disruption of the external limiting membrane (ELM), ellipsoid zone (EZ), and interdigitation zone (IZ). We diagnosed the patient with ARPE in the right eye. The patient was followed up without treatment. Five weeks after onset, the central scotoma in the right eye disappeared, and patient’s BCVA in the right eye improved to 1.5. OCT showed improvement in ELM and EZ continuity in the right eye, but IZ remained disruptive. Although the exact pathophysiology of the association between ARPE and these vaccinations is unclear, ARPE may develop after the vaccination.

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