ocular Herpes simplex
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Etiology
Epidemiology
- most common infectious cause of corneal blindness in US
- recurrence:
- 1 year 20%, 2 years 23%, 20 years 63%
- fever, stress, sunlight or eye injury may precipitate recurrence
Pathology
- painful lesion on eyelid or surface of eye
- corneal inflammation
Complications
Management
- vidarabine ophthalmic or cidofovir ophthalmic[1]
- ophthalmic glucocorticoids contraindicated[1]
- see Herpes simplex
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- ↑ National Eye Institute: Ocular herpes http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/cornealdisease/index.asp#k