Ischemic retinal vasculitis in an 18-year-old man with chickenpox infection

Ocular involvement after primary infection with varicella zoster virus is very rare. We report a case of a healthy 18-year-old man who presented with unilateral ischemic retinal vasculitis 10 days after the onset of chickenpox. He developed acute severe visual loss and a relative afferent pupillary defect in his right eye. Fundus imaging, optical coherence tomography, fundus fluorescence angiography, and electrophysiologic studies confirmed the diagnosis of retinal vasculitis, which led to generalized retinal ischemia. Although aggressive treatment with systemic steroids and antiviral drugs was administered, a poor visual outcome still resulted

Syphilitic Optic Neuropathy

"Although the ocular manifestation of syphilis can affect any structures of the eye, optic nerve involvement is not a common presentation. We report a series of 7 new cases of syphilitic optic neuropathy in a tertiary center.

Pediatric Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

"Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma (PONSM) is a proliferation of meningothelial cells within the nerve sheath of the orbital or intracanalicular portion of the optic nerve. It is not common in patients younger than 20 years of age, represent less than 5% of all cases of PONSM.