ORBITAL DISEASE IN HERPES-ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS

Authors
VARDY SJ ROSE GE
Citation
Sj. Vardy et Ge. Rose, ORBITAL DISEASE IN HERPES-ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS, Eye, 8, 1994, pp. 577-579
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Eye → ACNP
ISSN journal
0950222X
Volume
8
Year of publication
1994
Part
5
Pages
577 - 579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-222X(1994)8:<577:ODIHO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Three cases of orbital inflammatory disease caused by herpes tester ar e described. This extremely rare complication occurred between 5 days and 14 days following the skin eruption and slowly resolved with or wi thout treatment. Biopsy of a chronic inflammatory lesion on the cheek of one patient demonstrated a sterile vasculitis and granulomatous lip onecrosis, a process which mag underlie the orbital disease in these p atients.