Acute Retinal Necrosis after Herpetic Encephalitis

PURPOSE: To report a case of unilateral acute retinal necrosis after herpetic encephalitis CASE REPORT: A young man was referred with a chief complaint of blurred vision and pain of the left eye 1 month after herpetic encephalitis in the left frontotemporal lobe. The patient had multiple foci of ret...

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Autores principales: Kianersi, F., Masjedi, A., Ghanbari, H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Published: October 2010
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21113344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321708
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Masjedi, A.
Ghanbari, H.
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of unilateral acute retinal necrosis after herpetic encephalitis CASE REPORT: A young man was referred with a chief complaint of blurred vision and pain of the left eye 1 month after herpetic encephalitis in the left frontotemporal lobe. The patient had multiple foci of retinitis in the retinal periphery associated with vitritis, blot retinal hemorrhage and retinal arteriolitis. The impression of acute retinal necrosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction of aqueous humor by detecting herpes simplex virus type 2; therefore, the patient received intravenous acyclovir. CONCLUSION: Herpetic encephalitis may be a risk factor for acute retinal necrosis. The virus may reach the eye by the trans-axonal route. Prophylaxis with acyclovir may be necessary after herpetic encephalitis to prevent acute retinal necrosis.
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spelling pubmed-29924222010-11-26 Acute Retinal Necrosis after Herpetic Encephalitis Kianersi, F. Masjedi, A. Ghanbari, H. Case Rep Ophthalmol Published: October 2010 PURPOSE: To report a case of unilateral acute retinal necrosis after herpetic encephalitis CASE REPORT: A young man was referred with a chief complaint of blurred vision and pain of the left eye 1 month after herpetic encephalitis in the left frontotemporal lobe. The patient had multiple foci of retinitis in the retinal periphery associated with vitritis, blot retinal hemorrhage and retinal arteriolitis. The impression of acute retinal necrosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction of aqueous humor by detecting herpes simplex virus type 2; therefore, the patient received intravenous acyclovir. CONCLUSION: Herpetic encephalitis may be a risk factor for acute retinal necrosis. The virus may reach the eye by the trans-axonal route. Prophylaxis with acyclovir may be necessary after herpetic encephalitis to prevent acute retinal necrosis. S. Karger AG 2010-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2992422/ /pubmed/21113344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321708 Text en Copyright © 2010 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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Ghanbari, H.
Acute Retinal Necrosis after Herpetic Encephalitis
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title_full Acute Retinal Necrosis after Herpetic Encephalitis
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title_short Acute Retinal Necrosis after Herpetic Encephalitis
title_sort acute retinal necrosis after herpetic encephalitis
topic Published: October 2010
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21113344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321708
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