Case Studies in Ophthalmology
Cases for the Ophthalmology Clerkship
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Case #32 Herpes Simplex Keratitis
History
A 35 year old woman comes to your office complaining of cold sores with recurrent redness, photophobia, and tearing of the left eye
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Question #1
Would you expect to see this in the right eye?
Question #2
Would you expect this condition to cause pain?
Question #3
How would you treat this patient’s condition?
Question #4
Should the patient expect to have recurrences?
Question #5
What other types of ocular disease can occur?
References
Binder PS: Herpes simplex keratitis. Surv Ophthalmol 1977; 21(6):313.
Pavon-Langston D: Herpetic diseases in the cornea. In Smolin G, Thoft RA, Little Brown & Co. p 178, 1983.