BILATERAL MULTIFOCAL INNER RETINITIS AFTER A VIRAL ILLNESS, LIKELY COVID-19

To describe a young female patient who presented with unilateral vision loss with multiple bilateral inner retinal lesions after a nonspecific viral illness, likely COVID-19.

Case Report: We reviewed the medical record, examined the retina, optical coherence tomography images, and fundus fluorescein angiogram of the patient along with the relevant medical literature.

The patient presented to our emergency department at Moorfields Eye Hospital with a 2-week history of new onset floaters and blurred vision in her right eye. On examination she was found to have a low-grade bilateral vitritis, mild right optic nerve head swelling, and multiple white inner retinal lesions in both eyes.

Retinitis can be due to multiple infectious and noninfectious etiologies. In this case report, we discuss a case of rare multifocal inner retinitis from a nonspecific viral illness-likely COVID-19.