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Jessica G. Shantha., Email: jshanth@emory.edu

CA analyzed the data, drafted and revised the manuscript. AC gathered the data, participated in data analysis, edited and approved the final manuscript. JS and SY gathered and analyzed the data, drafted, revised, and approved the final manuscript. The author(s) read and approved the final manuscript.

The authors declare they have no competing interests.

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This project was supported by the National Eye Institute/ National Institutes of Health core grant P30-EY06360 (Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine), National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award number K23 EY030158 (Shantha) and R01 EY029594 (Yeh). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This research was also supported an unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. to the Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Mallinckrodt Young Investigator Award (Yeh). This research was also supported by the Stanley M. Truhlsen Family Foundation, Inc.

Keywords:

  • varicella zoster virus (VZV)
  • virus anterior
  • thalamic stroke
  • Slit-lamp photo
  • Anterior uveitis

Varicella zoster virus anterior uveitis complicated by thalamic stroke

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Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

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Volume 11, Number 1

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, Pages 13-13

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

Abstract:

We report a case of varicella zoster virus (VZV)-associated anterior uveitis in a patient with weight loss, arthritis and signs of inflammatory bowel disease. Her clinical course included the development of a thalamic stroke secondary to VZV cerebral vasculopathy. Following antiviral therapy, the patient’s neurologic symptoms recovered and her ophthalmic findings improved.

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