Optic neuritis following hepatitis B vaccination in a 9-year-old girl.
Hepatitis B vaccination can prevent hepatitis B virus infection and its serious consequences, including liver cancer and cirrhosis. Serious side effects reported after receiving hepatitis B vaccination are very uncommon. A majority of the ophthalmological complications seen following hepatitis B vaccination consist of vision loss, optic neuritis, papillary edema, uveitis, acute placoid pigment epitheliopathy and central vein occlusion. We present a 9-year-old girl who was referred to our hospital with decrease in vision and pain in the left eye a week after hepatitis B vaccination. A diagnosis of vaccine-induced optic neuritis was made. The clinical picture improved after systemic corticosteroid treatment. Acute optic neuritis might be a rare complication of hepatitis B vaccination. Parents should be aware of the potential serious side effects of the vaccine.
Erguven
Muferet
M
Goztepe Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Guven
Sirin
S
Akyuz
Umit
U
Bilgiç
Olcay
O
Laloglu
Fuat
F
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects*
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines