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Conjunctival dendrite in a case of primary herpes simplex infection
  1. U Sridhar1,
  2. Y Bansal2,
  3. S Choudhury3,
  4. A K Gupta4
  1. 1Cornea Services, ICARE Eye Hospital, Noida, UP, India
  2. 2Dept of Optometry, ICARE Eye Hospital, Noida, UP, India
  3. 3Training Centre, ICARE Eye Hospital, Noida, UP, India
  4. 4Academic Director ICARE Eye Hospital, Noida, UP, India
  1. Correspondence to: Dr U Sridhar ICARE Eye Hospital, E-3A Sector 26, Noida, UP, India; u_sridharyahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2003.028654

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    Ocular involvement in primary herpes simplex infection is usually in the form of follicular conjunctivitis, blepharitis, and sometimes corneal involvement in the form of superficial punctuate keratitis, dendrite, or (rarely) geographical ulcer.1

    We report a case of dendritiform lesion in the conjunctiva in a young girl with primary herpes simplex infection. To the best of our knowledge, conjunctival dendritiform lesion has not been reported before in primary herpes simplex infection.

    Case report

    A 20 year old girl presented to our outpatient department with complaints of redness and …

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