A CASE OF UVEITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC ACTIVE EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS INFECTION

Authors
MORISHIMA N MIYAKAWA S AKAZAWA Y TAKAGI S
Citation
N. Morishima et al., A CASE OF UVEITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC ACTIVE EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS INFECTION, Ophthalmologica, 210(3), 1996, pp. 186-188
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Ophthalmologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00303755
Volume
210
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
186 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3755(1996)210:3<186:ACOUAW>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Ocular complications of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (C AEBV) have rarely been reported. We describe a 7-year-old girl with CA EBV with associated uveitis. The patient was first observed to have re current fiver and hepatosplenomegaly in August 1991. She presented wit h left facial nerve palsy in June 1993. Ocular examination showed righ t iridocyclitis. Both optic disks were swollen, and the retinal vessel s were dilated. Antibody titers to EBV were markedly elevated. Treatme nt with topical steroids, systemic interleukin-2 and splenectomy drama tically relieved all her symptoms, including the ocular ones.