Complete Recovery of Vision in Herpes Zoster Optic Neuropathy with Intravenous Acyclovir

Can J Neurol Sci. 2021 Jul;48(4):589-591. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.222. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Authors

Po Hsiang Shawn Yuan¹, Aneesh Ratnam², Jonathan A Micieli^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Kensington Vision and Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 33040744
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2020.222

No abstract available

Keywords: Antiviral therapy; Optic neuropathy; Varicella zoster virus.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Herpes Zoster* / complications
Herpes Zoster* / drug therapy
Herpesvirus 3, Human
Humans
Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve Diseases*

Substances

Acyclovir