Conjunctival Geographic Ulcer and Blepharitis in Primary Ocular Herpes.

ABSTRACT

Conjunctival geographic ulcer is a rare manifestation of ocular herpes simplex. Geographic ulcers are formed when sloughing of the epithelium occurs in the areas between the dendrite and a broad area of epithelial involvement with irregular angulated borders is formed .We hereby report a case of Primary ocular herpes with blepharitis and geographic ulceration of the conjunctiva in a 8 year old boy with no corneal lesion. To the best of our knowledge only 4 cases of conjunctival herpetic dendritic ulcerations and a single case of herpetic geographical ulcer has been reported in literature till date.