CHICAGO — Ophthalmologists should monitor patients with thyroid eye disease when they receive their COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a small case study presented at the ASOPRS Fall Scientific Symposium.
“It stands to reason that the immune response that you may get from a COVID vaccine or any vaccination may also trigger an autoimmune response,” Peter Kally, MD, of Consultants in Ophthalmic and Facial Plastic Surgery and Beaumont Eye Institute in Michigan, said. “COVID vaccination is possibly associated with thyroid eye disease reactivation.”
Kally reported on a