Abstract
Dengue fever is caused by dengue virus of Flavivirus family transmitted by Aedes aegypti. It causes acute febrile illness with various constitutional symptoms with bleeding manifestations and shock in some instances. Ocular involvement has been reported frequently. Most common ocular symptoms include intra-retinal haemorrhages, macular haemorrhages, Roth's spot, cotton wool spot and disc edema. However, bilateral intra vitreal hemorrhage with permanent visual loss is very rare has been rarely reported. Here we report a case of 27 year male patient presented with fever of seven days, retro-orbital pain, headache, backache and myalgia. Over next few days he developed severe bilateral intra-vitreal hemorrhage. Patient treated for intra-ocular bleeding and unfortunately without regaining his visual function.
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