Facial rash and ocular pain
Autor: | T Salva-Palomeque, D Fernandez-Nieto |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Facial rash Lesion Hyperaemia Ophthalmology Cornea Dermatomal medicine Eye Pain Humans Ocular pain Anterior neck business.industry Herpes Simplex General Medicine Middle Aged eye diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Erythema sense organs medicine.symptom Red eye business Facial Dermatoses |
Zdroj: | BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 375 |
ISSN: | 1756-1833 |
Popis: | A previously healthy man in his 60s presented to the emergency department with ocular pain, red eye, and mild bilateral visual deterioration for one week. Pruritic facial lesions appeared two days before the ocular symptoms. Scattered erythematous blisters and crusts were seen across his face and anterior neck, without dermatomal distribution or oral involvement (fig 1). Ophthalmological examination showed a normal pupillary reaction, mild ciliary hyperaemia, and multiple diffuse dendritic epithelial ulcers throughout the cornea in both eyes (fig 2) (a dendritic ulcer is a linear, branched lesion with terminal bulbs and raised epithelial edges, affecting beyond the basement membrane). The patient had no … |
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