Acute retinal necrosis associated optic neuropathy
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Optic neuropathy and central retinal vascular obstruction as initial manifestations of acute retinal necrosis.
BACKGROUND The purpose of this brief communication is to alert ophthalmologists that optic neuropathy may herald acute retinal necrosis (ARN). CASE A previously healthy 54-year-old man exhibited optic neuropathy as an initial presentation of ARN, 8 weeks after varicella-zoster dermatitis. OBSERVATIONS Central retinal vascular obstruction developed subsequently in his left eye. Later, the cl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1755-375X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01911.x