A Varicella-Induced Pupil Abnormality

Abstract

To the Editor.— The varicella virus is a well known cause of ophthalmologic complications in its classic recurrent form of herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Ocular complications may also accompany the primary infection, however, and have been well documented. These conditions include vesicular lid lesions with corresponding irritation, phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis, superficial punctate keratitis, uveitis, optic neuritis, and external ophthalmoplegia from encephalitic cranial nerve palsies.1,2 Internal ophthalmoplegia, a rare complication affecting pupillary constriction and accommodation, has also been