D Roquelaure1, S Harbarth2, J S Schutz1, G Thumann1, A Chronopoulos3. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, 22 Rue Alcide-Jentzer, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland. 2. Infection Control Program, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, 22 Rue Alcide-Jentzer, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland. argyrios.chronopoulos@hcuge.ch.
Abstract
CASE REPORT: This article reports a case of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated acute retinal necrosis. A 72-year-old male patient presented in the emergency department complaining of progressive loss of vision. During patient management an acute retinal necrosis was suspected and the subsequent diagnostics from a vitreal body biopsy showed positive results only for the EBV genome. OBJECTIVE: The EBV is a rare cause of ocular inflammation. With this report we would like to draw the attention of colleagues to this unusual finding. CONCLUSION: Although EBV screening is not part of the standard diagnostic procedure, its implementation in relevant clinical situations could possibly assist the differentiation between causal relationship and morbidity.
CASE REPORT: This article reports a case of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated acute retinal necrosis. A 72-year-old male patient presented in the emergency department complaining of progressive loss of vision. During patient management an acute retinal necrosis was suspected and the subsequent diagnostics from a vitreal body biopsy showed positive results only for the EBV genome. OBJECTIVE: The EBV is a rare cause of ocular inflammation. With this report we would like to draw the attention of colleagues to this unusual finding. CONCLUSION: Although EBV screening is not part of the standard diagnostic procedure, its implementation in relevant clinical situations could possibly assist the differentiation between causal relationship and morbidity.
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Biopsy; Ocular inflammation; Retinitis; Uveitis; Vitreous body
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