A Clinical Study of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus.

Lee, Hae Ran; Cho, Byung Chae

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(2):387-391.
Published online February 1, 1988.

A Clinical Study of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus.

Hae Ran Lee, Byung Chae Cho

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

안부 대상포진에 대한 임상적 고찰

이혜란(Hae Ran Lee),조병채(Byung Chae Cho)

Abstract

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is an infectious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus. It has no predilection for sex, race, or age, though the incidence and severity of zoster is greater in the elderly. The usual site of herpes zoster ophthalmicus is the skin and eye innervated by the gasserian ganglion that receives fibers from the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. A most serious lesion is corneal ulceration, frequently complicated by other evidence of keratitis, by uveitis, and by secondary glaucoma. The treatment of zoster is difficult and frustrating for no specific therapy is known.