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Don S. Minckler, MD; Edward B. McLean, MD; Cheng Mei Shaw, MD; Anita Hendrickson, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1976;94(1):89-95.

Abstract
• A previously healthy 44-year-old man died three weeks after the simultaneous onset of encephalitis and retinitis. Fundus changes were bilateral and included papillitis, rapidly progressive central retinal vein obstruction, and massive exudative retinal detachment. A 16-fold rise in herpesvirus hominis antibodies occurred between the 10th and 20th days of illness. At autopsy, the brain showed changes characteristic of herpetic encephalitis, and cultures of the brain yielded Herpesvirus hominis type I. Intranuclear inclusion bodies typical of those produced by Herpesvirus were found by light microscopy in brain, optic nerves, retina, and choroid. Herpesvirus particles were found by electron microscopy in brain, optic nerve, and retina.

Author Affiliations
From the Ophthalmic Pathology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC (Dr Minckler), and the departments of ophthalmology and pathology, University of Washington, Seattle (Drs McLean, Shaw, and Hendrickson).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 14, 1974.

The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

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