Background: A case report of contralateral acute retinal necrosis (ARN) following herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
Case: A 61-year-old male patient developed iridocyclitis and well-demarcated creamy-white retinal lesions at the nasal periphery in the right eye 1 month after herpes zoster ophthalmicus in the left eye. The patient had undergone surgery for primary lung cancer, and had subsequent intracranial metastasis of the tumor.
Observations: The clinical diagnosis of ARN was supported by polymerase chain reaction investigation of the aqueous humor resulting in positive for varicella-zoster virus. Retinal lesions disappeared after systemic treatment with acyclovir, corticosteroids, and acetylsalicylate. No retinal detachment developed.
Conclusions: We propose a careful ophthalmic follow-up for herpes zoster ophthalmicus patients because of the possibility of acute retinal necrosis developing in the contralateral eye.
Acute retinal necrosis following contralateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus
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[Category] 대상포진, 두창,
[Article Type] Case Reports
[Source] pubmed
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