Corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting as conjunctivitis: atypically high-risk during a pandemic

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. 2020 Jun;43(3):211-212.

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2020.04.010. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting as conjunctivitis: atypically high-risk during a pandemic

Siamak Khavandi¹, Elsa Tabibzadeh², Mohammad Naderan³, Saeed Shoar⁴

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¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³ School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research, Scientific Writing Corporation, 6345 Garth Rd., Ste#110, P.B.#109, Baytown, TX, 77521, United States. Electronic address: saeedshoar@scientificwriting.org.

PMID: 32354654
PMCID: PMC7184016
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2020.04.010

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Corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting as conjunctivitis: atypically high-risk during a pandemic

Siamak Khavandi et al. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;43(3):211-212.

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2020.04.010. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Authors

Siamak Khavandi¹, Elsa Tabibzadeh², Mohammad Naderan³, Saeed Shoar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³ School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research, Scientific Writing Corporation, 6345 Garth Rd., Ste#110, P.B.#109, Baytown, TX, 77521, United States. Electronic address: saeedshoar@scientificwriting.org.

PMID: 32354654
PMCID: PMC7184016
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2020.04.010

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Keywords: Conjunctivitis; Corona virus-related conjunctivitis; Covid-19.

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**Fig. 1**
Watery eye discharge accompanied by conjunctival follicular reaction and chemosis; lower lid was everted by the examiner to show palpebral conjunctiva.

**Fig. 2**
Pulmonary computed tomography scanning of the patient showed ground glass opacity due to COVID-19.

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[10] Xia J., Tong J., Liu M., Shen Y., Guo D. Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. J Med Virol. 2020 - PMC - PubMed

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