Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
A common dermal and neurologic disorder caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that has remained dormant within dorsal root ganglia, often for decades, after the patient's initial exposure to the virus in the form of varicella (chickenpox). It is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area.
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HZO IS USUALY UNILATERAL NEVER CROSES THE MID LINE IF HERPETIC VESICLES INVOLVE THE TIP OF NOSE THAT MEANS THEIR IS INVOVEMENT OF NASOCIALIRY BRACH AND SO CORNEAL INVOVEMENT IS SURE LOOK FOR CONEAL LESIONS LIKE DENDITIC MICRODENDRITIC AND D...
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This was a case of Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
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Herpes zoster induced iritis ,iris may look muddy and loose normal texture there seem to be degeneration on the pupilary margin
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