Herpes zoster keratouveitis with hypopyon and hyphema

Herpes zoster keratouveitis with hypopyon and hyphema: Seng Boon Hwei Katherine, You Siang Ngim, Jalaluddin Juliana, Norlina Ramli



Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology 2020 10(1):54-57



This study aims to report two cases with an uncommon, early manifestation of herpes zoster ophthalmicus which is keratouveitis. The first patient is a 61-year-old female who had presented with painful facial skin eruption and right eye redness without impairment of vision. She was treated initially as herpes zoster blepharoconjunctivitis; however, the disease had progressed to neurotrophic keratitis with severe anterior chamber reaction manifested by a mixture of hypopyon and hyphema. The second patient is a 74-year-old female who had presented after 2 weeks of facial skin eruption with blurring of vision and similar keratouveitic manifestations. Both patients had poor visual outcome due to severe ocular inflammation.