Dengue fever

Dengue fever (DF), caused by dengue virus, is an arboviral disease characterized by an initial non-specific febrile illness that can sometimes progress to more severe forms manifesting capillary leakage and hemorrhage (dengue hemorrhagic fever, or DHF) and shock (dengue shock syndrome, or DSS).

Central scotoma

An area of depressed vision located at the point of fixation and that interferes with central vision.


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Dengue Maculopathy with Foveolitis in a Postpartum Female.
Kan KW, Sylves P, Nik-Ahmad-Zuky NL, Shatriah I.
Cureus. 2017;9(12):e1942.
Here we present a postpartum female who complained of bilateral central scotoma, at five days after the clinical diagnosis of dengue fever.
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 FEMALE Adult
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Findings in Dengue-Related Maculopathy: A Case Report.
Tavassoli S, Carreno E, Teoh SC, Theodoropoulou S, Bailey C, Lee RW, Dick AD.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2016;47(11):1057-1060.
The authors present a case of a 26-year-old female patient returning from Thailand with unilateral reduction in visual acuity and a central scotoma associated with dengue fever.