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INTRAOCULAR JARISCH-HERXHEIMER REACTION IN LEMIERRE SYNDROME
Prithvi Ramtohul1, Céline Boulicot-Seguin, Caroline Marc
1Department of Ophthalmology, Centre Hospitalier Henri Duffaut d'Avignon, Avignon, France .
Purpose:
To report an intraocular Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction induced by Lemierre syndrome antibiotherapy.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 43-year-old-man presented with an acute onset of bilateral blurred vision few days after intravenous antibiotic administration for Lemierre syndrome. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/32 in both eyes. Examination revealed bilateral cystoid macular edema and peripheral retinal vasculitis, persisting despite Lemierre syndrome recovery with antibiotics. Intravitreal injection of ranibizumab 0.5 mg (0.05 mL) was performed in both eyes. After 1 month, cystoid macular edema and retinal vasculitis were totally resolved, and best-corrected visual acuity increased to 20/20 in both eyes. The paradoxical worsening of the patient's best-corrected visual acuity after initiating antibiotherapy evokes a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. The result of this single intravitreal injection of ranibizumab was sustained; best-corrected visual acuity remained unchanged (20/20 in both eyes), and no recurrence of cystoid macular edema or retinal vasculitis was found after 4-year follow-up.
Conclusion:
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an isolated intraocular Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction induced by Lemierre syndrome antibiotherapy and successfully treated with a single intravitreal injection of ranibizumab.
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