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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 164 |
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Authors' reply
Jyotirmay Biswas, S Sudharshan
Sankara Nethralaya, 18, College Road, Chennai - 600 006, India
Date of Web Publication | 17-Feb-2009 |
Correspondence Address: Jyotirmay Biswas Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, 18, College Road, Chennai-600 006, Tamil Nadu India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.45518
How to cite this article: Biswas J, Sudharshan S. Authors' reply. Indian J Ophthalmol 2009;57:164 |
Dear Editor,
We appreciate the observations made by Grover et al , [1] in response to our article "Anterior segment manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)". [2]
We agree that the external photograph of the patient with facial skin lesions show more of maxillary herpetic lesions. Our intention was to depict a severe form of herpes zoster lesion in an AIDS patient. A more representative external photograph of herpes zoster ophthalmicus in a patient with AIDS is added with this reply [Figure 1].
We agree that dacryocystitis, basal cell carcinoma, chalazion, bacterial folliculitis, madarosis, stye, scleritis, episcleritis, complicated cataract are also documented as well as rare anterior segment/adnexal lesions seen in patients with HIV/AIDS.
We have intentionally excluded orbital lesions in our article as we had stressed on anterior segment and common adnexal lesions seen in patients with HIV/AIDS, especially in India.
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1. | Chandravanshi S L, Rathore M K. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus or herpes zoster maxillaris? Indian J Ophthalmol 2009;57:163-4. [ PUBMED] |
2. | Biswas J, Sudharshan S. Anterior segment manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Indian J Ophthalmol 2008;56:363-75. [ PUBMED] |
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