Retinal vasculitis associated with chickenpox.

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report retinal vasculitis in a young, immunocompetent Asian female adult with chickenpox. METHODS: Interventional case report. A 32-year-old woman had chickenpox 2 weeks before blurred vision in the left eye. The visual acuity was 20/20 for the right eye and 30/50 for the left eye. The left eye presented keratic precipitates, moderate (2+) cells in the anterior chamber and numerous cells (3+) in the vitreous. The disk was normal. Perivenous exudation was noted mainly in the inferior retina. The sheathed retinal vessels showed late staining but no remarkable leakage on fluorescein angiography. The right eye was normal. RESULTS: After treatment with acyclovir for 10 days, the visual acuity in the left eye improved to 20/20, and the vasculitis resolved. CONCLUSION: Retinal vasculitis may present as a complication of primary varicella infection in an immunocompetent adult.