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Two-Year Follow-up of Necrotic Herpetic Retinopathy in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Authors :
Harish Sivagnanam
P. K. Senthil Kumar
Shankar Palaniselvam
Ramasubramanian Viswanathan
Source :
Indian Journal of Transplantation, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 184-188 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024.

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