Ophthalmic zoster sine herpete presenting as oculomotor palsy after marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia

Haematologica. 2005 Dec;90(12 Suppl):EIM04.

Authors

Charmaine Hon¹, Wing Y Au, Vincent C Cheng

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Lee Kar Shing Specialist Block Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. honc@ha.org.hk

PMID: 16464763

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Cranial Irradiation
False Negative Reactions
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / cerebrospinal fluid
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / complications*
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / drug therapy
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / therapy
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Leukemia, Myeloid / drug therapy
Leukemia, Myeloid / therapy*
Leukemic Infiltration / drug therapy
Leukemic Infiltration / radiotherapy
Male
Mesencephalon / pathology
Methotrexate / therapeutic use
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / etiology*
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / virology
Recurrence
Transplantation, Homologous
Virus Activation

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Acyclovir
Methotrexate