[Uveitis, caused by Echo-11 virus].

Abstract

Analysis of clinical manifestations of a total enteroviral infection with ECHO-11 virus-induced uveitis in 58 infants aged 2 weeks to 1.5 years has shown that uveitis develops on days 1-10 of the disease and is associated with a weak injection, endothelial edema, hyperemia and edema of the iris rapidly eventuating in destruction of the pigment lamina and fenestration. Posterior synechiae, pupil deformations, grave uveitis with hypotonia of 4-10 mm Hg are rapidly developing. A two-year follow-up has shown marked hemo- and hydrodynamic disorders, retarded growth of the involved eye, development of grave complications in 60 percent of patients. The most characteristic late complications were iridal fenestration, pseudocoloboma-type pupil deformation, formation of prelental films, often pigmented. The condition is associated with active production of virus-neutralizing antibodies in titers of 1:4 to 1:16384. No relationship between the clinical course and antibody titers was revealed.