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  • Title: Atypical herpetic endotheliitis.
    Author: Bass SJ, Sherman J, Panariello G, Richter SJ.
    Journal: J Am Optom Assoc; 1995 Sep; 66(9):577-80. PubMed ID: 7490417.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Three patients ranging in age from 26 to 40 years presented with unilateral posterior stromal lesions with diffuse stromal edema. There was no history of prior surgery, trauma, infectious disease, dystrophy or exposure to noxious agents. Only one patient had signs of anterior chamber reaction and none of the patients showed any sign of epithelial involvement or of associated blood vessels or scarring. All three patients presented with features atypical of herpetic disease, such as lack of epithelial involvement and posterior stromal opacification. They also demonstrated many of the typical characteristics of herpetic disease, however, and thus were diagnosed as having herpetic endotheliitis. RESULTS: All three patients were treated with a regimen of antiviral agents and corticosteroids. Two patients improved, although the time frame differed in each. One patient subjectively improved, then worsened 1 month later after discontinuing treatment on her own. She was lost to subsequent follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Young patients presenting with unilateral posterior stromal opacification and stromal edema in the absence of epithelial involvement are likely to have endotheliitis of herpetic origin.
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