Herpes zoster ophthalmicus presenting as orbital abscess along with superior orbital fissure syndrome: A case report
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Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and the superior orbital fissure syndrome.
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO) is not an uncommon condition in the elderly and the immunocompromised. The common ocular manifestations include blepharoconjunctivitis, keratitis and uveitis. Dramatic presentations like orbital apex syndrome and superior orbital fissure syndromes occur rarely in patients with herpes zoster meningo-encephalitis. We report a patient with herpes zoster meningo-enc...
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Corresponding author: Hyung Tae Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, P.O.Box 77, Jeonju 560-750, Korea. Tel: 82-63-230-1593, Fax: 82-63-230-8128, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0301-4738
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.171006