Ocular Complications Following Vaccination for COVID-19: A One-Year Retrospective

Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Feb 21;10(2):342. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10020342.

Abstract

Vaccination efforts as a mitigation strategy in the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are fully underway. A vital component of understanding the optimal clinical use of these vaccines is a thorough investigation of adverse events following vaccination. To date, some limited reports and reviews have discussed ocular adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination, but a systematic review detailing these reports with manifestations and clinical courses as well as proposed mechanisms has yet to be published. This comprehensive review one-year into vaccination efforts against COVID-19 is meant to furnish sound understanding for ophthalmologists and primary care physicians based on the existing body of clinical data. We discuss manifestations categorized into one of the following: eyelid, orbit, uveitis, retina, vascular, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular motility disorders, and other.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; acute macular neuroretinopathy; corneal graft rejection; coronavirus; uveitis; vaccination.

Publication types

  • Review