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  • Title: The ocular manifestations of herpes zoster, varicella, infectious mononucleosis, and cytomegalovirus disease.
    Author: Ostler HB, Thygeson P.
    Journal: Surv Ophthalmol; 1976; 21(2):148-59. PubMed ID: 185734.
    Abstract:
    Herpes zoster, caused by varicella-zoster (V-Z) virus which also causes varicella (chickenpox), is usually a benign self-limited disease. However, when the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve is affected, the ocular disease (ophthalmic zoster), although also usually mild and self-limited, may have severe complications (corneal scarring, glaucoma, iris atrophy, posterior synechiae, scleritis, motor disturbances, optic neuritis, retinitis, anterior segment necrosis, and phthisis bulbi and servere postherpetic neuralgia). Varicella affects the eye rarely (except for the typical lid lesions), but associated conjunctival and corneal lesions, iridocyclitis, glaucoma, chorioretinitis, and optic nerve lesions have been described. Infectious mononucleosis may involve the eye either by direct involvement or from a remote focus such as the central nervous system. Ocular manifestations of cytomegalovirus disease is usually limited to the choroid and retina unless involvement of the developing embryo occurs prior to the development of the eye.
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