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. 2025 Feb 17;39(6):1056–1069. doi: 10.1038/s41433-025-03664-x

Table 2.

Case reports and case series.

Study Study Location (N) Gender Age (y) Ocular structure affected Ocular Manifestations Time of manifestation in disease course Neuropsychiatric Involvement
Dorronsoro et al. [62] Argentina 1 female 15 Retina Bilateral neuroretinitis Disease onset No
Parakh et al. [42] India 1 female 9

Retina,

Uvea

Retinal vasculopathy uveitis Disease onset No
Jeon et al. [19] Korea 1 female 13 Retina Ischaemic vaso-occlusive retinopathy Disease onset No
Alhassan et al. [43] USA 1 female 14 Retina Bilateral retinal vasculitis, panuveitis Disease onset No
Lu et al. [78] China 1 female 14 Retina HCQ-induced retinopathy 7 years post-diagnosis No
Deaner et al. [47] USA 1 male 15 Retina Vaso-occlusive retinopathy 1 year post-diagnosis No
Huang et al. [54] China 1 female 11 Retina CRVO, CRAO 4 days post-diagnosis No
Guleria et al. [51] India 2 males 8 and 9 Retina Retinal vasculopathy Disease onset

Yes

(encephalopathy, one patient)

Firl et al. [45] USA 1 female 12 Retina Retinal vasculitis Disease onset No
Abbas et al. [44] USA 1 female 9 Cornea Bilateral interstitial keratitis 6 months post-diagnosis No
Jari et al. [32] Iran 1 female 13 Orbit Racoon eyes Disease onset

Yes

(hallucinations, aggressive behaviour)

Moreno Páramo et al. [56] Mexico 1 male 14 Retina CRAO & CRVO, vitreous haemorrhage Disease onset No
Hamill et al. [33] USA 1 female 15 Orbit Bilateral eyelid swelling 4 months post-diagnosis

Yes

(cerebral oedema)

Fischer et al. [52] Brazil 1 female 14 Choroid, retina Bilateral chorioretinopathy 6 months post-diagnosis No
Lanewalla et al. [71] Pakistan 1 female 14 CNS, Optic nerve Abducens nerve palsy causing strabismus and bilateral papilledema 3 months post-diagnosis

Yes

(elevated ICP)

Georgakopoulos et al. [69] Greece 1 female 14 Optic nerve Bilateral Papilledema Disease onset

Unclear

(suspected VI nerve palsy)

Wei et el. [67] USA 1 female 16 Optic nerve Bilateral optic neuritis 2 years post-diagnosis Yes (MRI: white lesions in the optic tract)
Chan et al. [31] USA 1 female 8 Optic nerve, retina, conjunctiva, eyelids Bilateral disc oedema, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, follicular conjunctivitis, symblepharon formation Unclear Yes (noncommunicating hydrocephalus secondary to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius)
Ahmadieh et al. [68] Iran 1 female 11 Optic nerve Optic neuritis 3 months post-diagnosis Unclear
Hackett et al. [70] USA 1 female 11 Retina, Optic nerve Optic neuritis, retinal oedema Unclear Yes (lethargy)
Suri et al. [37] India 3 females 9, 14, 11 Optic nerve

C1: Unilateral optic neuritis

C2: Unilateral Ischaemic optic neuropathy secondary to antiphospholipid syndrome.

Sub-capsular cataracts with changes of glaucoma

C3: Bilateral Optic neuritis

C1: Disease onset

C2: 6 years post-diagnosis

C3: Disease onset

Yes

(C1: optic neuritis,brisk deep tendon reflexes, headache

C2: optic neuritis, multifocal deep white matter lesions

C3: optic nerve hyperintensities on STIR, optic neuritis)

Almeida et al. [36] Brazil 2 females 15 and 20 Retina, uvea, lens, eyelids

C1: Iridocyclitis and severe retinal vasculitis with haemorrhage, bilateral eyelid oedema, irregular pupil and cataract

C2:Bilateral retinal necrotizing vasculitis compatible with varicella zoster virus ocular infection

C1: 1-month post-diagnosis

C2: 13 years post-diagnosis

Yes

C1: acute confusional state

C2: peripheral polyneuropathy

Zhang et al. [46] China 1 female 15 Retina Bilateral Hemorrhagic Retinopathy with Roth Spots. Sudden, painless vision loss unilaterally 1-year post-diagnosis No
Nguyen et al. [35] USA 1 female 16 Orbit, eyelids, conjunctiva, sclera, retina, macula, choroid Periorbital oedema and erythema. Chemosis, conjunctival injection, diffuse scleritis, superficial punctate keratitis, flare, RPE detachment over the macula, retinal folds and elevation inferiorly, consistent with choroidal detachment Disease onset Not mentioned
Parchand et al. [58] India 1 female 16 Rerina Combined central retinal artery occlusion) and central retinal vein occlusion 6 months post-disease onset Not mentioned
Graham et al. [38] UK 1 female 16 Retina, conjunctiva BRAO, deep retinal haemorrhage, subconjunctival haemorrhage Disease onset Yes (cerebral vasculitis and thrombosis)
Ho et al. [57] Taiwan 1 female 16 Retina Bilateral severe vaso-occlusive retinopathy Disease onset No
Palkar et al. [59] India 1 female 15 Retina Purtscher-like retinopathy Disease onset Not mentioned
Donnithorne et al. [55] USA 2 females 13, 16 Retina Retinal vasculitis and branch retinal artery occlusions 1-year and 1-month post-diagnosis Not mentioned