Unilateral hemorrhagic maculopathy: An uncommon manifestation of hand, foot, and mouth disease

• Published in: Indian journal of ophthalmology Vol. 64; no. 10; pp. 772 - 774
• Main Authors: Tandon, Manish, Gupta, Abhishek, Singh, Priyanka, Subathra, Gnanavelu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2016; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: and mouth disease; Brief Communications; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Coxsackievirus infections; Dosage and administration; Fluorescein angiogram; Fluorescein Angiography; foot; fundus autofluorescence; Fundus Oculi; hand; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - complications; hemorrhagic maculopathy; Humans; indocyanine green angiogram; Macula Lutea - blood supply; Male; optical coherence tomogram; Prednisolone; Retinal hemorrhage; Retinal Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Retinal Hemorrhage - etiology; Risk factors; Tomography; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Young Adult; optical coherence tomogram; Fluorescein angiogram; and mouth disease; fundus autofluorescence; indocyanine green angiogram; hemorrhagic maculopathy; foot; hand
• ISSN: 0301-4738; 1998-3689
• DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.195014

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFD) is a common systemic infection occurring in childhood or immunocompromised adults caused by enteroviruses, the most common being coxsackievirus A16 and enterovirus 71. It is characterized by maculopapular eruptions over the hands and feet and ulcerative stomatitis. Ocular involvement is a rare complication and commonly manifests as inflammatory macular pathology. We report a case of HFD in an immunocompetent adult male with unilateral ocular involvement presenting as hemorrhagic maculopathy and its management with complete anatomical and functional recovery.