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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Ophthalmic Sequelae of Ebola Virus Disease in Survivors, Sierra Leone

Charlene H. Choo, Laura Ward, Ian Crozier, Tolulope Fashina, Daisy Yan, Brent R. Hayek, Caleb Hartley, Matthew Vandy, John G. Mattia, Lloyd Harrison-Williams, Jalikatu Mustapha, Carolyn Drews-Botsch, Steven Yeh1, and Jessica Shantha1Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (C.H. Choo, T. Fashina, C. Hartley, S. Yeh); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L. Ward, S. Yeh, J. Shantha); Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA (I. Crozier); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (D. Yan, J. Shantha); North Georgia Eye Clinic, Gainesville, Georgia, USA (B.R. Hayek); Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone (M. Vandy, J.G. Mattia, L. Harrison-Williams, J. Mustapha); George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (C. Drews-Botsch)

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Anterior segment photographs showing the spectrum of ophthalmic sequelae associated with EVD in survivors, Sierra Leone. A) A patient with anterior uveitis has diffuse round keratic precipitates on the corneal endothelium, predominantly within the inferior cornea. B) An EVD survivor with severe, chronic uveitis has posterior synechiae, pigment on the lens capsule, and a dense cataract. C) Another EVD survivor with severe uveitis has dense posterior synechiae overlying a cataract, leading to blindness, and corneal edema involving the superior paracentral cornea (asterisk). D) An external photograph shows a diffuse corneal opacity (leukoma) with superior neovascularization, which was not present before the onset of acute EVD. EVD, Ebola virus disease.

Figure 2. Anterior segment photographs showing the spectrum of ophthalmic sequelae associated with EVD in survivors, Sierra Leone. A) A patient with anterior uveitis has diffuse round keratic precipitates on the corneal endothelium, predominantly within the inferior cornea. B) An EVD survivor with severe, chronic uveitis has posterior synechiae, pigment on the lens capsule, and a dense cataract. C) Another EVD survivor with severe uveitis has dense posterior synechiae overlying a cataract, leading to blindness, and corneal edema involving the superior paracentral cornea (asterisk). D) An external photograph shows a diffuse corneal opacity (leukoma) with superior neovascularization, which was not present before the onset of acute EVD. EVD, Ebola virus disease.

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1These authors were co–principal investigators.

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