Viral posterior uveitis

JH Lee, A Agarwal, P Mahendradas, CS Lee… - Survey of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The causes of posterior uveitis can be divided into infectious, autoimmune, or masquerade
syndromes. Viral infections, a significant cause of sight-threatening ocular diseases in the …

Republished: Emerging concepts in the management of acute retinal necrosis

RW Wong, JM Jumper, HR McDonald… - Postgraduate …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Acute retinal necrosis (ARN), also known as Kirisawa-type uveitis, is an uncommon
condition caused by infection of the retina by one of the herpes family of viruses, most …

Acute retinal necrosis: features, management, and outcomes

CH Lau, T Missotten, J Salzmann, SL Lightman - Ophthalmology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the viral diagnosis and factors affecting the visual outcome of
eyes with acute retinal necrosis. DESIGN: Nonrandomized, retrospective, interventional …

Current aspects on the management of viral uveitis in immunocompetent individuals

U Pleyer, SP Chee - Clinical Ophthalmology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Viruses are a fundamental etiology of ocular inflammation, which may affect all structures of
the organ. Advances in molecular diagnostics reveal an increasingly broader spectrum of …

Risk of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in acute retinal necrosis with and without prophylactic intervention

S Risseeuw, JH de Boer, NH ten Dam–van Loon… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To study whether preventive laser or preventive vitrectomy is able to lower the risk
of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN) …

Prophylactic vitrectomy for acute retinal necrosis

T Ishida, Y Sugamoto, S Sugita, M Mochizuki - Japanese journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic vitrectomy for acute retinal necrosis.
Methods The clinical charts of 17 patients (18 eyes) with acute retinal necrosis and no retinal …

Viral retinitis: diagnosis and management in the era of biologic immunosuppression: a review

XN Wu, S Lightman… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Necrotising retinitis is a rare ocular infection that historically led to high rates of visual
morbidity. While acute retinal necrosis occurs in immunocompetent patients, the majority of …

Therapy for acute retinal necrosis

T Kawaguchi, DB Spencer… - Seminars in …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Acute retinal necrosis is a progressive necrotizing retinopathy caused by herpes simplex
virus (HSV) or varicella zoster virus (VZV). The mainstay of its treatment is antiviral therapy …

Surgical outcomes of acute retinal necrosis–related retinal detachment in polymerase chain reaction–positive patients: a single-center experience

CY Wu, J Fan, JL Davis, AM Berrocal, LJ Haddock… - Ophthalmology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the clinical features, operative techniques, and surgical outcomes of
patients who underwent surgery for acute retinal necrosis (ARN)–related retinal detachment …

Clinical characteristics and management outcomes of acute retinal necrosis

E Shiezadeh, SM Hosseini, E Bakhtiari, A Mojarrad… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study investigates patient's clinical characteristics and management outcomes of PCR-
positive Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN). The patient's clinical characteristics of the disease …