Acute anterior uveitis and optic neuritis as ocular complications of influenza A infection in an 11-year-old boy

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2011 Jul 6:48 Online:e30-3. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20110628-03.

Abstract

The authors describe an 11-year-old boy developing bilateral acute anterior uveitis, papillitis in one eye, and neuroretinitis in the other eye after an upper respiratory tract infection of influenza A virus, possibly H1N1. Steroid pulse therapy resolved these conditions. The authors recommend alertness for visual blurring and ocular inflammation after influenza A infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Administration, Topical
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / complications*
  • Influenza, Human / drug therapy
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Optic Neuritis / drug therapy
  • Optic Neuritis / virology*
  • Oseltamivir / therapeutic use
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Pulse Therapy, Drug
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / complications*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Uveitis, Anterior / drug therapy
  • Uveitis, Anterior / virology*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Oseltamivir
  • Prednisolone
  • Methylprednisolone