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Progressive outer retinal necrosis in an immunocompetent patient
S Carrillo-Pacheco1, M C Vazquez-Marouschek, F Lopez-Checa
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain.
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
Progressive outer retinal necrosis syndrome is a variant of necrotizing herpetic retinopathy, a group of retinal infections caused by the herpes viruses. It has been described only in immunosuppressed patients. We present a healthy immunocompetent 16-year-old male who suffered a bilateral progressive outer retinal necrosis. Varicella-zoster virus infection was confirmed on the basis of serologic study. Treatment with intravenous acyclovir and oral prednisone was successful.