title: Herpetic meibomianitis: an unusual case report.
abstract: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of the eye can vary from mild blepharitis to sight threatening choreoretinitis. Primary infection of the eye is usually sub-clinical but reactivation of a latent infection can lead to recurrent disease. Although, herpetic blepharitis is a well documented entity, this virus has so far not been incriminated in the causation of meibomianitis, an inflammatory condition of the meibomian gland. This paper reports a case of meibomianitis due to Herpes simplex virus.
authors: Department of Virology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors: Mini Pritam
authors: MP
authors: Singh
authors: Ashok
authors: A
authors: Sharma
authors: Radha Kanta
authors: RK
authors: Ratho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008537:Meibomian Glands / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*