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- A Daruich, D Martin, and D Bremond-Gignac.
- Ophthalmology department, hôpital universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP université de Paris, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France; INSERM, UMRS1138, Team 17, From physiopathology of ocular diseases to clinical development, université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Centre de recherche des cordeliers, 15, rue de l'école de médecine, Paris, France.
- J Fr Ophtalmol. 2020 May 1; 43 (5): 389-391.
AbstractWe report here the case of a 27-year-old man who consulted by telemedicine during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to foreign body sensation and left eye redness. Examination revealed unilateral eyelid edema and moderate conjunctival hyperemia. A few hours later, the patient experienced intense headache and developed fever, cough and severe dyspnea. A nasopharyngeal swab proved positive for SARS-CoV-2. This case demonstrates that conjunctivitis can be the inaugural manifestation of the COVID-19 infection. It illustrates the interest of telemedicine in ophthalmology during the COVID-19 pandemic, since moderate conjunctival hyperemia can be the first sign of a severe respiratory distress.Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.. All rights reserved.
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