title: ADULT WITH CHICKENPOX COMPLICATED BY SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS AND BILATERAL RETINAL VASCULITIS WITH RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe an adult with chickenpox resulting in systemic vasculitis and bilateral retinal vascular occlusions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 58-year-old man with chickenpox complicated by disseminated varicella-zoster systemic and retinal vasculitis resulting in a combined arterial and venous occlusion in one eye with multiple branch retinal vein occlusions in the other eye. There was no evidence of retinitis. The patient systemically improved after treatment with acyclovir and steroids; however, his vision remained poor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chickenpox can be associated with systemic vasculopathy and may rarely result in multiple systemic and ocular infarcts, including severe retinal vascular occlusions.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute, Houston, Texas; and †Macula Vitreous Retina Physicians & Surgeons, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murdock
authors.forename: Petros E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Carvounis
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D031300:Retinal Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D056647:Systemic Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D013256:Steroids; D000212:Acyclovir