Abstract
Case reportA 62-year-old man with previous renal transplant and immunosuppressive treatment presented with decreased visual acuity (20/100) in his left eye, corneal edema and intraocular pressure of 46mmHg. One month later an inferior marginal dendritic keratitis appeared. Corneal scraping and real-time polymerase chain reaction showed herpes simplex virus (HSV). DiscussionThe autoimmune corneal endotheliopathy or acute idiopathic corneal endotheliitis is characterized by corneal stromal edema and keratic precipitates. HSV might be secreted from the trabeculum, innervated by the trigeminal nerve. This hypothesis is supported by the clinical observation that the corneal stromal edema usually starts from the periphery.
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