Bilateral vitreous haemorrhage associated with dengue fever

Bilateral vitreous hemorrhage associated with dengue fever

“…Reduction in visual field as a result of 'cosmetic' surgical alignment where there is an undetected hemianopia may have serious implications, including loss of driving license. We appreciate the interest shown in our article 1 by the Readers of your esteemed journal. According to the history given by the patient and her parents, she developed the ocular manifestations 2 days after the systemic manifestations of dengue fever i.e., high grade fever with chills, muscle pain, headache, and episodes of bleeding through mouth and during defaecation.…”

Dengue-related ocular pathology: A review

“…4,24,27,29 Floaters were usually result of retinal haemorrhage. 4,20,27,30,31 Seet et al reported that the triad of ocular symptoms including floaters, eye flashes and blurring of vision is highly predictive for the development of retinal haemorrhages following dengue infection. 31 Impaired colour vision is very rarely reported symptom resulting from dengue-related optic neuropathy.…”

“…20,26,29 Vitreous haemorrhage is another rarely reported complication in dengue patients. 20,30 Cases of retinal vascular occlusion resulting from occlusive vasculitis have also been reported in few studies. 29,35 4.4 Pathogenesis: Haemorrhagic signs are manifestations of haemorrhagic nature of the disease and usually coincide with the nadir of thrombocytopenia.…”

Vasculitis: An Unusual Ocular Manifestation of Dengue Fever

“…In the earlier times, only subconjunctival haemorrhages, vitreous haemorrhage or few retinal haemorrhages were reported. 5 These used to be linked to bleeding diathesis due to thrombocytopenia. However, currently there have been few isolated case reports suggesting an inflammatory component to this viral illness.…”

“…3 Lately, few isolated case reports have shown that the ophthalmic complications of dengue fever are not as rare as used to be thought before. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Any dengue fever patient with complaints of blurring of vision, floaters, scotomas or metamorphopsia must be thoroughly examined. Hereby, we present a case of a young girl with post dengue fever vasculitis and macular edema.…”