CASE REPORT
Year : 2018 | Volume
: 66 | Issue : 10 | Page : 1491--1493
Retinitis as the presenting feature of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an Indian male: A case report
Amravi Shah1, Rajesh Babu2, Jyotirmoy Biswas3 1 Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Medical Reasearch Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Drishti Eye Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 3 Department of Uveitis and Ocular Pathology, Medical Reasearch Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jyotirmoy Biswas Department of Uveitis and Ocular Pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
Measles virus is a rare but important cause for acute retinitis as it can eventually lead to the fulminant complication of SSPE. We report a case of a young Indian male with acute viral retinitis who subsequently developed SSPE. It is of paramount importance to consider measles virus and SSPE as a cause in an immunocompetent young adult with necrotizing viral retinitis
How to cite this article:
Shah A, Babu R, Biswas J. Retinitis as the presenting feature of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an Indian male: A case report.Indian J Ophthalmol 2018;66:1491-1493
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Shah A, Babu R, Biswas J. Retinitis as the presenting feature of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an Indian male: A case report. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];66:1491-1493
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