Epstein–Barr virus associated acute retinal necrosis
- Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Kriegsbergstrasse 60, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
- University Eye Hospital, Department I, Schleichstrasse12, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Accepted 23 June 2000
- Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Kriegsbergstrasse 60, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
- University Eye Hospital, Department I, Schleichstrasse12, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- 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. …
