OCULAR VARICELLA

1 November 1945

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)

Vol. 34 (5) , 411
https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1945.00890190413011

Abstract

The ocular complications of varicella (chickenpox) are rare indeed. This impression is supported by the sparsity of the ophthalmic literature dealing with the disease. Conjunctival vesicles¹ exhibiting phlyctenualr-like pustules² have occasionally been reported to invade the cornea. These may develop into ulcer excavations³ with swollen, reddish brown margins. Minimal edema of the lids⁴ is also frequently demonstrable. Corneal complications are more infrequent. A direct corneal lesion is most unusual but may appear relatively late in the course of the disease. Oppenheimer, in 1905,⁵ reported a case of a vesicular lesion which developed into a shallow ulcer. Pickard,⁶ in 1936, reported a case of interstitial infiltration with associated endothelial changes. Rosenbaum,⁷ in 1943, described a similar case in which was exhibited a shallow central corneal ulcer with minor infiltration of Descemet's membrane and the endothelium. Superficial keratitis has been associated with chickenpox. In a

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