Ocular findings in a measles epidemic among young adults

Kayıkçıoğlu, Özcan; Kır, Erkin; Söyler, Mehmet; Güler, Cenap; İrkeç, Murat

doi:10.1076/0927-3948(200003)811-sft059

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“…SCH was seen in 22.9% of 61 young immunocompetent males during the course of a measles epidemic in addition to conjunctivitis, which is a well-known diagnostic sign of measles 12. A patient with chickenpox and normal platelet count was reported to develop unilateral SCH after the onset of typical cutaneous eruptions, without any other ocular complications 13…”

Section: What Are the Causes Of Subconjunctival Hemorrhage?mentioning

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Subconjunctival hemorrhage: risk factors and potential indicators

Tarlan¹,

Kıratlı²

2013

OPTH

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Subconjunctival hemorrhage is a benign disorder that is a common cause of acute ocular redness. The major risk factors include trauma and contact lens usage in younger patients, whereas among the elderly, systemic vascular diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and arteriosclerosis are more common. In patients in whom subconjunctival hemorrhage is recurrent or persistent, further evaluation, including workup for systemic hypertension, bleeding disorders, systemic and ocular malignancies, and drug side effects, is warranted.

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Section: What Are the Causes Of Subconjunctival Hemorrhage?mentioning

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Subconjunctival hemorrhage: risk factors and potential indicators

Tarlan¹,

Kıratlı²

2013

OPTH

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“…Corneal inflammation (keratitis) affects a significant proportion of individuals. If the patient has a balanced diet and lives in the developed world, long-term ocular defects are rare [87]. However, oftentimes this is not the case in developing countries, where malnourishment and particularly vitamin A deficiency are associated with severe keratitis.…”

Section: Blindness and MV Infectionmentioning

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Morbilliviruses and human disease

Rima

Duprex

2005

The Journal of Pathology

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Morbilliviruses are a group of viruses that belong to the family Paramyxoviridae. The most instantly recognizable member is measles virus (MV) and individuals acutely infected with the virus exhibit a wide range of clinical symptoms ranging from a characteristic mild selflimiting infection to death. Canine distemper virus (CDV) and rinderpest virus (RPV) cause a similar but distinctive pathology in dogs and cattle, respectively, and these, alongside experimental MV infection of primates, have been useful models for MV pathogenesis. Traditionally, viruses were identified because a distinctive disease was observed in man or animals; an infectious agent was subsequently isolated, cultured, and this could be used to recapitulate the disease in an experimentally infected host. Thus, satisfying Koch's postulates has been the norm. More recently, particularly due to the advent of exceedingly sensitive molecular biological assays, many researchers have looked for infectious agents in disease conditions for which a viral aetiology has not been previously established. For these cases, the modified Koch's postulates of Bradford Hill have been developed as criteria to link a virus to a specific disease. Only in a few cases have these conditions been fulfilled. Therefore, many viruses have over the years been definitely and tentatively linked to human diseases and in this respect the morbilliviruses are no different. In this review, human diseases associated with morbillivirus infection have been grouped into three broad categories: (1) those which are definitely caused by the infection; (2) those which may be exacerbated or facilitated by an infection; and (3) those which currently have limited, weak, unsubstantiated or no credible scientific evidence to support any link to a morbillivirus. Thus, an attempt has been made to clarify the published data and separate human diseases actually linked to morbilliviruses from those that are merely anecdotally associated.

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“…Moreover, measles can be accompanied by ocular complications: in its prodromal phase, MeV can cause conjunctivitis, characterized by bulbar and tarsal hyperemia with papillary reaction and eventual mucous secretions; corneal involvement, from mild forms such as punctate superficial keratitis to more severe ones such as subconjunctival bleeding, corneal ulceration, corneal perforation, leukoma and, in very rare cases, chorioretinitis and central vein occlusions (75). More rarely, it has been reported optic neuritis, optic atrophy, retinal vasculitis and macular and chorioretinal alterations, such as macular epithelial pigment anomalies, macular edema, macular hemorrhage, internal limiting membrane contracture and serous macular detachment (76)(77)(78)(79)(80)(81).…”

Section: Measles Virusmentioning

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Ocular effects caused by viral infections and corresponding vaccines: An overview of varicella zoster virus, measles virus, influenza viruses, hepatitis B virus, and SARS-CoV-2

Scalabrin

Becco²,

Vitale³

et al. 2022

Front. Med.

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Many viral infections can affect vision and the visual system. Vaccination to prevent diseases is commonplace today, acting by stimulating an immune response without developing the pathology. It involves the production of persisting antibodies against the pathogen and the activation of T cells. Certain diseases have already been eradicated by rigorous vaccination campaigns, while others are hoped to be eliminated soon. Vaccines currently available on the market are largely safe, even if they can rarely cause some adverse effects, such as ocular complications. Analyzing existing literature, we aimed to compare the pathological effects on the eye due to the most common viral infections [in particular varicella zoster virus (VZV), measles virus, influenza viruses, hepatitis B virus, and SARS-CoV-2] with the possible ocular adverse effects of their relative vaccines, in order to establish a risk-benefit relationship from an ophthalmological point of view.

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Ocular findings in a measles epidemic among young adults

Abstract: Measles did not cause major ocular complications in healthy patients. Keratitis was unresponsive to diclophenac sodium eyedrops with respect to healing time and end result.

Cited by 34 publications

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Subconjunctival hemorrhage: risk factors and potential indicators

Subconjunctival hemorrhage: risk factors and potential indicators

Morbilliviruses and human disease

Ocular effects caused by viral infections and corresponding vaccines: An overview of varicella zoster virus, measles virus, influenza viruses, hepatitis B virus, and SARS-CoV-2

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