Introduction
In December 2019, an outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, and has quickly spread throughout the world. 1 COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease capable of progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome and even death.1 The infectious agent of this disease entity is caused by a novel betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Coronavirus had been previously reported to be associated with conjunctivitis in humans.2 Additionally, retinal disorders, such as retinal vasculitis,3 4 retinal degeneration5 6 and blood–retinal barrier breakdown,7 had been demonstrated in experimental animal models of coronavirus infection. However, ocular complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection have not been widely reported.8 In addition, viral loads in ocular tissue are still to be investigated.
Here, we report the ocular presentations of a patient with confirmed COVID-19 who developed bilateral redness of the eyes 13 days after the onset of systemic symptoms in Shenzhen, China. Our findings will facilitate understanding of ocular features in patients with COVID-19 and the clinical course of ophthalmic complications.