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Abstract #24601 Published in IGR 11-4
Herpes zoster keratouveitis and inflammatory ocular hypertension 8 years after varicella vaccination
Lin P; Yoon MK; Chiu CSOcular Immunology and Inflammation 2009; 17: 33-35
More than 8 years after varicella vaccination, a healthy 16 year-old boy presented with keratouveitis, severe inflammatory glaucoma in his left eye, and Hutchinson's sign. He was treated with systemic acyclovir, topical steroids, cycloplegics, and glaucoma medications for a full recovery two months after presentation. It is unclear whether the source of herpes zoster which reactivated in this patient represents wild type virus or his previous vaccine strain. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is very rare in the pediatric population after varicella vaccination but can cause severe inflammatory glaucoma that requires aggressive therapy.
C. S. Chiu. University of California San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology, Box 0730, 10 Koret Way, K301, . chiuc@vision.ucsf.edu
Classification:
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
