Unilateral Iris Sectoral Atrophy and Ipsilateral Chorioretinal Atrophy

Park, Joong Hyun; Kim, Jin Young; Jeong, Jinho

Case Report

Annals of Optometry and Contact Lens 2017;16(1):41-45.
Published online March 25, 2017.

Unilateral Iris Sectoral Atrophy and Ipsilateral Chorioretinal Atrophy

Joong Hyun Park, Jin Young Kim, Jinho Jeong

Department of Ophthalmology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea

Received: 21 November 2016 • Revised: 17 January 2017 • Accepted: 6 February 2017

Abstract

We report 2 cases with distinct clinical manifestations of unilateral iris sectoral atrophy accompanied by ipsilateral chorioretinal atrophy in young immunocompetent patients. Both patients were female and asymptomatic except for cosmetic problems due to focal iris bleach, and had same clinical history of neonatal varicella infection, and positive polymerase chain reaction results for varicella zoster virus from the peripheral blood sample.

Key Words: Chorioretinal atrophy; Iris sectoral atrophy; Varicella zoster virus