title: Internal ophthalmoparesis: an uncommon complication of varicella, a common disease.
abstract: Two cases are represented with ocular complications after varicella. In one case the complication was diagnosed as internal ophthalmoparesis and in the second patient the complication could be the same; at any rate an iridoplegia was present. From the cases presented in the literature we found that there seems to be a predilection for males to contract this type of ocular complication. The association of this complication and meningo-encephalitis is rare. Recovery of the pupillary reactions and accommodative power is almost never complete. The interesting observation that decrease in cell-mediated immunity but not in humoral immunity decides whether the clinical disease will manifest itself as herpes zoster or varicella is brought forward.
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002924:Ciliary Body; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007498:Iris; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011680:Pupil; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000209:etiology