Ischemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection

Anuchit Poonyathalang, Somsiri Sukavatcharin, Tharikarn Sujirakul Department of Ophthalmology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Abstract: Ocular involvement after primary infection with varicella zoster virus is very rare. We report a case of a healthy 18-year-old man wh...

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Autores principales:	Poonyathalang A,Sukavatcharin S, Sujirakul T
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dea5b61a70d143e8aea1d1fa58dbaaad2021-12-02T07:21:33ZIschemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/dea5b61a70d143e8aea1d1fa58dbaaad2014-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/ischemic-retinal-vasculitis-in-an-18-year-old-man-with-chickenpox-infe-a15934https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483 Anuchit Poonyathalang, Somsiri Sukavatcharin, Tharikarn Sujirakul Department of Ophthalmology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Abstract: Ocular involvement after primary infection with varicella zoster virus is very rare. We report a case of a healthy 18-year-old man who presented with unilateral ischemic retinal vasculitis 10 days after the onset of chickenpox. He developed acute severe visual loss and a relative afferent pupillary defect in his right eye. Fundus imaging, optical coherence tomography, fundus fluorescence angiography, and electrophysiologic studies confirmed the diagnosis of retinal vasculitis, which led to generalized retinal ischemia. Although aggressive treatment with systemic steroids and antiviral drugs was administered, a poor visual outcome still resulted. Keywords: ischemic retinal vasculitis, chickenpox, varicella zoster virusPoonyathalang A,Sukavatcharin SSujirakul T,Dove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2014, Iss default, Pp 441-443 (2014)
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description	Anuchit Poonyathalang, Somsiri Sukavatcharin, Tharikarn Sujirakul Department of Ophthalmology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Abstract: Ocular involvement after primary infection with varicella zoster virus is very rare. We report a case of a healthy 18-year-old man who presented with unilateral ischemic retinal vasculitis 10 days after the onset of chickenpox. He developed acute severe visual loss and a relative afferent pupillary defect in his right eye. Fundus imaging, optical coherence tomography, fundus fluorescence angiography, and electrophysiologic studies confirmed the diagnosis of retinal vasculitis, which led to generalized retinal ischemia. Although aggressive treatment with systemic steroids and antiviral drugs was administered, a poor visual outcome still resulted. Keywords: ischemic retinal vasculitis, chickenpox, varicella zoster virus
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title	Ischemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection
title_short	Ischemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection
title_full	Ischemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection
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Ischemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection

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