منابع مشابه
Acute retinal necrosis syndrome.
Six patients with the acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome are described. Ophthalmoscopic examination demonstrated occlusion of peripheral retinal vessels and patchy areas of peripheral retinal whitening spreading rapidly over a period of weeks to markedly decreased vision. In four patients, the disease was bilateral. Histologic examination of vitrectomy specimens from three cases and one enuc...
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AIM To determine an aetiological diagnosis in patients presenting with necrotising retinopathies that simulate acute retinal necrosis (ARN). METHODS Retrospective non-comparative case series. The charts of 16 patients presenting with a clinical impression of ARN at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, between 1994 and 1999, who required initial antiviral therapy were reviewed. All of th...
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CASE REPORT A 34-year-old male patient developed acute retinal necrosis in his left eye about three weeks after the onset of chickenpox. Systemic antiviral treatment with intravenous acyclovir (10 mg/kg/8 hours) and systemic corticosteroids (1 mg/kg/day) controlled the retinitis and the patient suffered no loss of visual acuity. DISCUSSION Acute retinal necrosis is an unusual complication of ...
متن کاملBilateral acute retinal necrosis.
In this paper 4 patients are described who had bilateral symmetrical confluent retinal swelling followed by apparent necrosis and sloughing of the retina into the vitreous. The disease was accompanied by signs of uveitis and the clinical appearance suggested inflammation rather than infarction as the pathogenic mechanism. No systemic abnormalities were found by which the aetiology could be iden...
متن کاملAcute retinal necrosis syndrome: clinical manifestations and visual outcomes.
BACKGROUND In this paper we attempt to describe the clinical features, visual outcomes, and surgical results of patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome and elucidate the risk factors for a poor prognosis. We also review the methods of treatment. METHODS This was a retrospective, noncomparative, observational study of patients diagnosed with ARN syndrome. Nine patients (11 eyes) in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.75.5.292