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Recurrent herpetic keratouveitis following YAG laser peripheral iridotomy
Yu-Chih Hou1, Chien-Chung Chen, I-Jong Wang
1Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
Objective:
To report recurrent herpetic keratouveitis following YAG laser peripheral iridotomy.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 64-year-old woman with a history of dendritic keratitis underwent Nd:YAG laser peripheral iridotomy and developed geographic epithelial keratitis with stromal keratouveitis. Culture of a corneal swab grew herpes simplex virus type I. Keratouveitis subsided with acyclovir and corticosteroid therapy.
Conclusions:
Recurrent herpetic keratouveitis may be induced by YAG laser iridotomy.
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