Sympathetic ophthalmia with incidental finding of chicken pox supported by histopathology and immunohistochemistry

Abstract

Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare bilateral diffuse granulomatous panuveitis that occurs in few days to several years after penetrating injury. This intraocular inflammation can occur in any age group without a sex predilection. Pathology and immunohistochemistry-supported evidence is important to know the disease in a better way. We present a case of a 24-year-old female with clinical diagnosis of SO with an atypical past history of chicken pox in that eye and residual corneal opacity.

Keywords

• Choriocapillaries
• choroid
• immunohistochemistry
• sympathetic ophthalmia
• uvea