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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Research Letter

Isolated Ocular Mpox without Skin Lesions, United States

Minh T. Nguyen, Akshay Mentreddy, Julie Schallhorn, Matilda Chan, Su Aung, Sarah B. Doernberg, Jennifer Babik, Kevin Miles, Katherine Yang, Emily Lydon, Daniel J. Minter, John Gonzales, Jessica Shantha, Thuy Doan, and Gerami D. SeitzmanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (M.T. Nguyen, A. Mentreddy, J. Schallhorn, M. Chan, S. Aung, S.B. Doernberg, J. Babik, K. Miles, K. Yang, E. Lydon, D.J. Minter, J. Gonzales, J. Shantha, T. Doan, G.D. Seitzman); Francis I. Proctor Foundation, San Francisco (M.T. Nguyen, A. Mentreddy, M. Chan, J. Gonzales, J. Shantha, T. Doan, G.D. Seitzman)

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Clinical progression of ocular mpox in patient in California, USA. A) Initial manifestation of nasal scleral inflammation. B) Nasal scleral necrosis with surrounding scleritis. C) Corneal epithelial sloughing. D) Worsening scleritis and nasal keratitis. E) Corneal endothelial inflammatory plaque. Nasal area of corneal irregularity represents the area of biopsy. F) Progression of diffuse keratitis and corneal limbitis.

Figure. Clinical progression of ocular mpox in patient in California, USA. A) Initial manifestation of nasal scleral inflammation. B) Nasal scleral necrosis with surrounding scleritis. C) Corneal epithelial sloughing. D) Worsening scleritis and nasal keratitis. E) Corneal endothelial inflammatory plaque. Nasal area of corneal irregularity represents the area of biopsy. F) Progression of diffuse keratitis and corneal limbitis.

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