title: Herpetic iridocyclitis.
abstract: Twenty patients with presumptive herpetic iridocyclitis without active corneal inflammation received either topical idoxuridine 0.5% or acyclovir 3% ointment. The uveitis of all ten patients treated with acyclovir resolved within one to eight weeks. Four of ten patients treated with idoxuridine worsened but subsequently responded to topical prednisolone 0.3%. The pathogenesis of herpetic iridocyclitis is discussed with a literature review.
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir; D000287:Administration, Topical; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007065:Idoxuridine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D006147:Guanine; D011239:Prednisolone; D007065:Idoxuridine; D000212:Acyclovir