Presumed herpes simplex virus ulcerative nodular episcleritis treated by topical acyclovir alone

A 7-year-old female child was referred to the cornea clinic with a painless, ulcerated, and inflamed nodule near the limbus which did not respond to 1-week antibiotic therapy and worsened on starting topical steroids. Clinical examination showed ulcerative nodular episcleritis and raised a suspicion...

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Autores principales: Hoshing, Abhishek, Seth, Atul, Subramaniam, Abhay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760928
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_138_21
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description A 7-year-old female child was referred to the cornea clinic with a painless, ulcerated, and inflamed nodule near the limbus which did not respond to 1-week antibiotic therapy and worsened on starting topical steroids. Clinical examination showed ulcerative nodular episcleritis and raised a suspicion of herpes simplex virus etiology. The patient responded well and resolved completely on topical antiviral therapy alone.
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spelling pubmed-99059232023-02-08 Presumed herpes simplex virus ulcerative nodular episcleritis treated by topical acyclovir alone Hoshing, Abhishek Seth, Atul Subramaniam, Abhay Oman J Ophthalmol Case Report A 7-year-old female child was referred to the cornea clinic with a painless, ulcerated, and inflamed nodule near the limbus which did not respond to 1-week antibiotic therapy and worsened on starting topical steroids. Clinical examination showed ulcerative nodular episcleritis and raised a suspicion of herpes simplex virus etiology. The patient responded well and resolved completely on topical antiviral therapy alone. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9905923/ /pubmed/36760928 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_138_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Oman Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Presumed herpes simplex virus ulcerative nodular episcleritis treated by topical acyclovir alone
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760928
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_138_21
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