The patient is a 41 years old male who complained of a red, painful, right eye for the past 2 weeks.
Relevant systemic history included asthma and psoriasis. The patient was also morbidly obese.
There was no history of diabetes mellitus or any immune related disease.
He was not a contact lens user.
There was no recollection of ocular trauma.
He denied any relevant ophthalmologic priors, namely ocular surgery, infection or topical eyedrops.
Smartphone video clip of a Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis fluorescein pattern.
Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis remains a clinical diagnosis based on the presence of a dendritic ulcer, as its most common presentation.
It is characterized as a “linear branching pattern with terminal bulbs, swollen epithelial borders, and central ulceration through the basement membrane”.
The patient is a 28 year old female who was admitted to the emergency department of a different ophthalmology clinic on January 2013 with complaints of burning sensation, photophobia and weeping on
Systemic medical history: asthma, allergic rhinitis, nephrolythiasis
Medication: cetirizine
Ophthalmological medical history;
- Myopia;
- Current vision correction: daily contact lenses (RE: -0,75 D; LE -1,25 D)
