Open AccessSympathetic ophthalmia with incidental finding of chicken pox supported by histopathology and immunohistochemistry
Author(s) -
Dipankar Das,
S. Krishnakumar,
Jyotirmay Biswas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_192_19
Subject(s) - sympathetic ophthalmia , histopathology , immunohistochemistry , medicine , pathology , corneal opacity , granulomatous inflammation , chicken pox , dermatology , cornea , uveitis , ophthalmology , virology
Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare bilateral diffuse granulomatous panuveitis that occurs in few days to several years after penetrating injury. This intraocular inflammation can occur in any age group without a sex predilection. Pathology and immunohistochemistry-supported evidence is important to know the disease in a better way. We present a case of a 24-year-old female with clinical diagnosis of SO with an atypical past history of chicken pox in that eye and residual corneal opacity.