Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Mollaret Meningitis

Benjamin Park; Shruthi Harish Bindiganavile; Mohammad O Nakawah; Nita Bhat; Andrew G Lee

doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000001152

Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Mollaret Meningitis

J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Sep 1;41(3):e407-e409. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001152.

Authors

Benjamin Park¹, Shruthi Harish Bindiganavile, Mohammad O Nakawah, Nita Bhat, Andrew G Lee

Affiliation

¹ McGovern Medical School (BP), Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (SHB, NB, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Neurology (MON), Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; MD Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), University of Texas, Houston, Texas; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

PMID: 33417418
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001152

Abstract

Mollaret meningitis (MM) refers to benign recurrent aseptic meningitis usually following herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) infection. Neuro-ophthalmic manifestations associated with MM are rarely reported. We present a case of recurrent HSV-2 meningitis with the neuro-ophthalmic presentation of papilledema and sixth nerve palsy. To our knowledge, this is the first such description in the English language ophthalmic literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Herpes Simplex* / complications
Herpes Simplex* / diagnosis
Herpesvirus 2, Human
Humans
Meningitis, Aseptic* / complications
Meningitis, Aseptic* / diagnosis
Papilledema*
Recurrence