Presumed ophthalmic Herpes zoster after contralateral cataract extraction
- 1 February 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 73 (1) , 83-85
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0420.1995.tb00020.x
Abstract
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) may occur spontaneously, but can be precipitated by stress, trauma, debility or systemic illness. A case is here reported of Herpes zoster involving the contralateral eye, associated with a midline skin rash, following cataract extraction under local anaesthesia.Keywords
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