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Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:110 doi:10.1136/bjo.85.1.110d
  • Letter to the Editor

Epstein–Barr virus associated acute retinal necrosis

  1. SUSANNE KRAMER
  1. Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Kriegsbergstrasse 60, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
  2. University Eye Hospital, Department I, Schleichstrasse12, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
  • Accepted 23 June 2000
  1. CHRISTOF BRUMMER and
  2. MANFRED ZIERHUT
  1. Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Kriegsbergstrasse 60, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
  2. University Eye Hospital, Department I, Schleichstrasse12, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
  1. manfred.zierhut{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de
  • Accepted 23 June 2000

Editor,—Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the group of herpesviruses. It may affect the eye in many different ways, most often as conjunctivitis or uveitis. For herpes simplex virus (HSV) and for varicella zoster virus (VZV) it is well known that they can cause acute retinal necrosis (ARN), but information regarding EBV retinitis is rare. To our knowledge we report the first case of a probable ARN associated with EBV infection.

CASE REPORT

In 1997 a 32 year old homosexual man presented for the first time to the University Eye Hospital, Tübingen. For 4 weeks he had suffered from an acute retinal necrosis of the left eye. …

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