A Case of Corneal Endotheliitis with Mumps Virus RNA in Aqueous Humor Detected by RT-PCR

作者：Ando Kiyomu^*; Ishihara Mami; Kusumoto Yoshifumi; Shibuya Etsuko; Nakamura Satoshi; Mizuki Nobuhisa

来源：Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2013, 21(2): 150-152.

DOI：10.3109/09273948.2012.747619

• Corneal endotheliitis
• mumps virus RNA

Purpose: To report a case of corneal endotheliitis following the mumps parotitis. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: A 46-year-old man noticed ciliary infection and visual loss in the right eye after mumps parotitis. To determine the cause of the disease, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to amplify mumps virus RNA in samples from the aqueous humor. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: RT-PCR revealed mumps virus RNA in an aqueous humor sample. Although full recovery of vision was achieved within 1 month of the onset, corneal endothelial cells were severely damaged. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: The authors have detected mumps virus in the aqueous humor by RT-PCR for the first time.

• 出版日期2013-4