ADIE SYNDROME AS A COMPLICATION OF CHICKENPOX
https://doi.org/10.22627/2072-8107-2018-17-1-64-66
Abstract
Adie syndrome is a rare complication of chickenpox, which is seen in female mainly up to 6 years of age, one week after vesicular rash appearance.
Aim: to introduce a case report of Adie syndrome as a complication of chickenpox.
Material and methods: a case report of 8 years old female is introduced, who was hospitalized in Infectious Diseases Department — Varna, because of chickenpox. Anisocoria was diagnosed while the disease. We used epidemiologic and documental methods. Analyzes was made in the relevant departments of the St. Marina Hospital. The international literature data associated with the problem was studied.
Results: we describe a patient with chickenpox. On the 9th day of the disease, Adie syndrome was diagnosed on the base of next symptoms: left mydriasis, accommodation paralysis, absent light reaction.
Conclusion: Adie syndrome is a rare complication of chickenpox, with self-limitation tendency in the period of a year, but when early diagnosis is made together with specific treatment, normalization of eye functions occurs earlier.
About the Authors
I. T. Todorov
Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology, Medical University «Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov».
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Iliyan Todorov, assistant of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology.
Varna.
M. D. Gospodinova
Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology, Medical University «Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov».
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Margarita Gospodinova, Associate Professor, MD, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology.
Varna.
E. D. Vlkova
Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology, Medical University «Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov».
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Ekaterina Vlkova, assistant of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology.
Varna.
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Todorov I.T., Gospodinova M.D., Vlkova E.D. ADIE SYNDROME AS A COMPLICATION OF CHICKENPOX. CHILDREN INFECTIONS. 2018;17(1):64-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22627/2072-8107-2018-17-1-64-66
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