Nectrotizing chorioretinitis induced by herpes simplex virus infection in the neonate.

A rare case of severe HSV necrotizing chorioretinitis of the neonate is reported. Massive, exudative chorioretinitis appeared in the equator bilaterally during HSV infection of the central nervous system. After subsidence of exudation, discrete chorioretinal scars appeared. Prominent calcification of the cerebral cortex progressed in parallel with scarring of the chorioretinal lesions.