Ocular Pox Lesions in a Male Patient With Monkeypox Treated With Tecovirimat

Abstract

This case report describes the treatment of ocular pox lesions with tecovirimat in a male patient with monkeypox infection.

Ocular MPox: A report of two cases

“…1 illustrates a timeline of testing, symptom onset, and initiation of medical therapy for our two patients. We reviewed the literature for cases with reported ocular MPox and found 15 additional cases to date [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] . The spectrum of ophthalmic MPox manifestations, which include blepharitis, conjunctivitis, focal conjunctival lesions, corneal ulcerations, photophobia, keratitis, corneal scarring, and visual loss is summarized in the Table 1 [2] , [3] .…”

Severe Mpox Infection of the Eye and Periocular Region

“…Ocular and periocular mpox infection has been described in limited case reports and series. 6 These reports include cases of conjunctivitis 2,7–10 (with or without follicles), keratitis, 2 and periocular skin involvement. 2,8,10 However, most involvement in the reported cases is mild without long-term sequela.…”

Severe Monkeypox Infection of the Eye and Periocular Region

“…Ocular and periocular mpox infection has been described in limited case reports and series. 13 These reports include case of conjunctivitis 5,14-17 (with or without follicles), keratitis 5 and periocular skin involvement 5,15,17 . However, most involvement in the reported cases is mild without long-term sequela.…”