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Two-Year Follow-up of Necrotic Herpetic Retinopathy in a Renal Transplant Recipient
- Source :
- Indian Journal of Transplantation, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 184-188 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024.
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Abstract
- Visual disturbances are common in patients who received renal transplant. Visual acuity is reduced in 60% of renal transplant patients after 10-year posttransplant. The most common causes are cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and hypertensive retinopathy. However, infectious causes of visual loss are rare and most commonly associated with cytomegalovirus and toxoplasmosis infections. Here, we report a 32-year-old male who developed visual loss 6 months after receiving a live-related kidney transplant. The patient had a history of varicella infection in the immediate posttransplant period. The visual loss was secondary to acute retinal necrosis probably secondary to a Varicella infection. This rare manifestation is even more unique in a posttransplant scenario which is usually associated with progressive outer retinal necrosis. The patient had developed irreversible visual loss secondary to the retinal necrosis. Here, we report this rare association as well as 2-year ophthalmological follow-up of this patient.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22120017 and 22120025
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Transplantation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.798cf47241984ec682008461c92fbe15
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijot.ijot_113_23