BILATERAL RETROBULBAR NEURITIS FOLLOWING UNILATERAL HERPES-ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS

GUNDUZ K., OZDEMIR O.

OPHTHALMOLOGICA, cilt.208, sa.2, ss.61-64, 1994 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 208 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 1994
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000310454
  • Dergi Adı: OPHTHALMOLOGICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.61-64
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS, VISUALLY EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE, PATTERN ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY, COMPLICATIONS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A 48-year-old male diagnosed with right-onset herpes tester ophthalmicus developed visual acuity loss in the left eye during the following 3 weeks. Visually evoked cortical potential recordings revealed a marked increase in P100 latency and a marked decrease in its amplitude in both eyes. Pattern electroretinography suggested diffuse pathology with reduced positive and negative components. A possible transsynaptic or intraneural spread of the varicella-zoster virus in the optic nerve might be responsible for this unexplained contralateral loss of visual acuity.