| Case | Age(years) | Sex | Eye | Initial ocular findings | Pigmentationin the ACangle | Eruption | Time fromonset totreatment | Herpes virus DNA | |||||
| VA | IOP(mm Hg) | Mutton-fat KPs | Cellsin AC | Flarein AC | VZV | Others* | |||||||
| 1 | 67 | F | Left | 0.3 | 38 | + | 3+ | 271 | Wide | – | 2 months | + | – |
| 2 | 70 | F | Left | 0.3 | 22 | + | 3+ | 106 | Partial | + | 2 weeks | + | – |
| 3 | 68 | F | Right | 0.8 | 10 | + | 2+ | 34 | None | – | 2 months | + | – |
| 4 | 56 | M | Left | 1.2 | 46 | + | 3+ | 241 | Partial | + | 2 months | + | – |
| 5 | 70 | F | Left | 1.2 | 25 | – | 1+ | 13 | Partial | – | 2 months | + | – |
| 6 | 44 | M | Right | 0.6 | 46 | – | 3+ | 140 | Partial | + | 1 week | + | – |
| 7 | 43 | F | Left | 1.2 | 28 | – | 2+ | 15 | Partial | – | 1 month | + | – |
| 8 | 71 | M | Right | 0.3 | 28 | – | 2+ | 13 | None | + | None | + | – |
Aqueous humor samples from eight cases were analysed for human herpes virus DNA by multiplex PCR.
*Herpes viruses excluding VZV, ie, herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2, Epstein–Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, human herpes virus types 6, 7 and 8.
VA, visual acuity; IOP, intraocular pressure; KPs, keratic precipitates; AC, anterior chamber.