Patients with herpes zoster undergo extensive screening to detect underlying malignant disease which is compromising their immunity. In a retrospective survey of 1000 patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus 12 patients had malignant disease which was known on presentation. No new cases were detected or discovered on follow-up. Three patients developed a disseminated rash, but none of these had...

PURPOSE To report a case of posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO). CASE REPORT A 58-year-old woman with history of recent HZO in her right eye presented with acute painless loss of vision in the same eye to no light perception.Examination revealed a positive relative afferent pupillary defect and a normal appearing optic disc. Inflammatory and i...

herpes zoster ophthalmicus (hzo) is a clinical manifestation of the reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (vzv) infection and is more common in people with diminished cell-mediated immunity. lesions and pain correspond to the affected dermatomes, mostly in first or second trigeminal branch and progress from maculae, papules to vesicles and form pustules, and crusts. complications are cu...

BACKGROUND Ocular complications of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) may lead to substantial visual disability, severe post-herpetic neuralgia and rarely fatal cerebral complications. AIM To identify the pattern of ocular manifestation in herpes zoster ophthalmicus. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was under taken including the clinically diagnosed cases of HZO. All ...

INTRODUCTION Herpes zoster is a common diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). Caused by the reactivation of the varicellazoster virus (VZV), zoster usually presents as a painful dermatomal rash. In addition to skin or mucosal involvement, VZV reactivation commonly affects the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve and subsequently the eye. This manifestation is termed herpes zoster op...