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Chickenpox-associated Acute Retinal Necrosis Syndrome
Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome usually occurs as the result of secondary reactivation of latent, previously acquired, varicella-zoster or herpes simplex virus. The authors report four patients who developed a mild form of ARN within 1 month (5 to 28 days) after the onset of chickenpox.
W W, Culbertson +6 more
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An algorithm for managing surgical patients with acute retinal necrosis
Purpose. To increase the efficiency of surgical treatment and develop an algorithm for managing patients with the consequences of acute retinal necrosis (ARN).Material and methods. The study included 35 patients (42 eyes) aged 18 to 74 with acute retinal
V. V. Neroev +3 more
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Bilateral acute retinal necrosis-A case report
A 42 year old man presented with acute bilateral uveitis and necrotizing retinitis. Systemic investigations including test for AIDS and CMV retinitis were negative.
Prasad Palimar, Upadhyaya N
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Acute Retinal Necrosis in Childhood
Background: Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a viral syndrome consisting of uveitis/vitritis, occlusive vasculitis and peripheral necrosis. Few incidents are reported in children.
Yoav Y. Pikkel, Joseph Pikkel
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Atypical acute retinal necrosis accompanied by Terson’s syndrome: a case report
Background Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) has characterized by panuveitis, vitritis, severe vaso-occlusive vasculitis, and diffuse necrotizing retinitis. There are no case reports on atypical ARN combined with Terson’s syndrome. Herein, we report a case of
Jong Young Lee +5 more
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Treatment of the Acute Retinal Necrosis Syndrome with Intravenous Acyclovir
We treated 13 eyes of 12 patients with the acute retinal necrosis syndrome (ARN) with intravenous acyclovir (1500 mg/M2/day) for an average of 10.9 days. All patients were also treated with oral aspirin or Coumadin. in an attempt to prevent thrombotic complications and nine of twelve patients were treated with oral prednisone after intravenous ...
M S, Blumenkranz +3 more
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Epstein-Barr virus and acute retinal necrosis in a 5-year-old immunocompetent child
Roberto Gallego-Pinazo1,2, Miguel Harto1, Jose J Garcia-Medina2,3, Inmaculada Serra1, Enrique España1, Maria D Pinazo-Duran2,41Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital, La Fe, Valencia, Spain; 2Ophthalmology Research Unit &ldquo ...
Roberto Gallego-Pinazo +5 more
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Objective The aim of this study is to elucidate the factors contributing to the occurrence of retinal detachment (RD) following prophylactic vitrectomy in cases of acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome. Methods A retrospective examination was undertaken,
Yu-hong Nie +3 more
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The case of a patient with acute herpes-associated retinal necrosis
BACKGROUND: Acute retinal necrosis is a serious uveal syndrome of viral origin, which manifests with inflammatory reaction in the vitreous body and in the anterior chamber of the eye, along with the rapidly progressing peripheral necrotic retinitis and ...
Aleksandr D. Chuprov +2 more
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Antiviral treatment for acute retinal necrosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Acute retinal necrosis is a progressive intraocular inflammatory syndrome characterized by diffuse necrotizing retinitis that can lead to a poor visual outcome, mainly from retinal detachment.
Rojas-Carabali, William +35 more
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