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Ocular Immunology and Inflammation Volume 30, 2022 - Issue 4
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Letters to the Editor

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Mumps-Associated Outer Retinitis with Frosted Branch Angiitis

Jihene Sayadia A Department, Hedi Rais Institute of Ophthalmology, Tunis El-Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaView further author information
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Imen Ksiaab Department of Ophthalmology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, Monastir, TunisiaView further author information
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Ines Maleka A Department, Hedi Rais Institute of Ophthalmology, Tunis El-Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaView further author information
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Raja Ben Sassic Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis El-Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaView further author information
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Leila Essaddamd Department of Pediatrics, Emergency and Outpatient Clinics (PUC), Bechir Hamza Children’s Hospital, Tunis El-Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3750-8540View further author information
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Moncef Khairallahb Department of Ophthalmology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, Monastir, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Leila Nacefa A Department, Hedi Rais Institute of Ophthalmology, Tunis El-Manar University, Tunis, TunisiaView further author information
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Pages 1001-1004 | Received 08 May 2020, Accepted 15 Oct 2020, Published online: 05 Feb 2021
 
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ABSTRACT

Purpose

To describe a case of outer retinitis with frosted branch angiitis associated with mumps infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy.

Methods

Observational case report

Case report

A four-year-old boy with bilateral blindness was diagnosed with necrotizing outer retinitis with frosted branch angiitis associated with serologically confirmed mumps virus infection. He was treated with HBO therapy. Visual acuity subsequently improved to 20/40 in the right eye and to 20/320 in the left eye. Sequential follow-up optical coherence tomography examinations showed progressive recovery of the outer retinal layers in the right eye.

Conclusion

HBO therapy appears to be a feasible and safe treatment that might improve the anatomical and functional outcome in patients with mumps retinitis.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Additional information

Funding

This work has been supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Tunisia.

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