title: [Multifocal choroiditis associated with herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Apropos of a case].
abstract: We describe a patient with multifocal choroidal lesions affecting the midperipheral fundus, with an atrophic and scattered punched-out pale aspect. Lesions were discovered seven months after an ipsilateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Fluorescein angiography findings exhibited a delay of choroidal injection and late moderate staining during the venous phase. The etiological arguments refer to a previous herpes zoster infection. The pathogeny would involve an occlusion of posterior ciliary arteries, lesions of posterior ciliary nerves and/or direct cytopathogenic involvement of chorioretina by neurotropic virus from ciliary ganglion.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Lyon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiquet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Germain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burillon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coudry-Vergne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paupert-Ravault
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Denis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans