Abstract
We report three cases of patients with developmental-delay from neonatal herpetic encephalitis and/or meningitis who presented years later with acute retinal necrosis due to herpes simplex virus. The diagnosis was delayed in all cases due to the patients’ inability to verbalize their ocular complaints and cooperate with eye examinations. This case series documents the clinical course, pathophysiologic mechanism, and treatment of acute retinal necrosis in this patient population. Clinicians should understand the importance of prudent consideration of acute retinal necrosis in patients with a history of neonatal herpetic encephalitis and/or meningitis presenting with a red eye.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Ocular Immunology and Inflammation |
| DOIs | |
| State | Accepted/In press - May 20 2016 |
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Keywords
- ARN
- encephalitis
- herpes
- retinitis
- uveitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
- Immunology and Allergy
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Acute Retinal Necrosis Presenting in Developmentally-delayed Patients with Neonatal Encephalitis : A Case Series and Literature Review. / Okafor, Kingsley; Liu, Jonathan; Thinda, Sumeer; Schwab, Ivan; Morse, Lawrence S; Park, Susanna Soon Chun; Moshiri, Ala.
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