Bilateral acute retinal necrosis in a 12-year-old girl

J AAPOS. 2005 Dec;9(6):599-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2005.07.010.

Abstract

Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a severe ocular syndrome consisting of a moderate-to-severe anterior uveitis, vasculitis, and vaso-occlusive retinal necrosis. It can occur in healthy individuals at any age, but reports of this condition in children are rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Retinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / complications*
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / diagnosis
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / drug therapy
  • Uveitis, Anterior / etiology
  • Uveitis, Posterior / etiology
  • Vitreous Body / pathology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Acyclovir