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- Title
Unusual clinical presentations of new-onset herpetic eye disease after ocular surgery.
- Authors
Jhanji, Vishal; Ferdinands, Mervyn; Sheorey, Harsha; Sharma, Namrata; Jardine, Darren; Vajpayee, Rasik B.
- Abstract
Purpose: To report five cases of new-onset herpetic eye disease with unusual presentation after ocular surgery. Methods: Herpetic eye disease was suspected in five cases, three after cataract surgery and two after lamellar corneal transplantation surgery. Of these, four cases presented within 2-6 weeks of surgery. The clinical presentation was in the form of an epithelial defect, suspected epithelial down growth, graft oedema with unexplained anterior chamber inflammation and graft-host interface infection. A swab for viral detection with real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed in all the described cases. Results: Herpes simplex disease was detected in all cases. All cases responded to the antiherpetic medications. Conclusions: Our study shows that new-onset herpetic eye disease may occur after cataract surgery and lamellar corneal transplantation, and a high index of suspicion may be necessary for the diagnosis in such cases.
- Subjects
EYE diseases; OPHTHALMIC surgery; CORNEAL transplantation; CATARACT surgery; EPITHELIAL cells; OPHTHALMOLOGY
- Publication
Acta Ophthalmologica (1755375X), 2012, Vol 90, Issue 6, p514
- ISSN
1755-375X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02060.x