Open AccessPanophthalmitis associated with scleral necrosis in dengue hemorrhagic fever
Author(s) -
Deepanjali Arya,
Sima Das,
Gaurav K. Shah,
Arpan Gandhi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2050_18
Subject(s) - medicine , dengue fever , evisceration (ophthalmology) , dengue hemorrhagic fever , aedes aegypti , surgery , flavivirus , ophthalmology , virology , dengue virus , pathology , virus , botany , alternative medicine , larva , biology
Dengue is a mosquito-borne flavivirus disease affecting humans. The Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads it. Ophthalmic manifestations of dengue range from subconjunctival hemorrhage to optic neuropathy. Panophthalmitis in dengue fever is a rare finding. We report a case of a 22-year-old male having dengue fever, who presented with pain, redness, swelling and loss of vision in his right eye. He was diagnosed as panophthalmitis with subretinal hemorrhage and required right eye evisceration.