Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN)
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 ...
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Valacyclovir in the treatment of acute retinal necrosis
... Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a rare, but potentially dev- astating, syndrome characterised by progressive peripheral necrotising retinitis. It was first described in 1971 [1], but it took more ...
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Time Profile of Viral DNA in Aqueous Humor Samples of Patients Treated for Varicella Zoster Virus Acute Retinal Necrosis by Use of Quantitative Real Time PCR
... The objective of this study was to evaluate the kinetics of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) loads using quantitative PCR (qPCR) in patients treated for acute retinal necrosis (ARN). Six patients (52 ⴞ ...
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Detection of cytomegalovirus in an immunocompetent adult presenting with acute retinal necrosis due to varicella-zoster virus: a case report
... Background: To report a case of simultaneous detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in acute retinal necrosis (ARN) due to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in an immunocompetent adult. Methods: A 65-year-old ...
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Antiviral selection in the management of acute retinal necrosis
... of acute retinal necrosis, a disease caused by herpetic viruses with devastating consequences for the ...Keywords: acute retinal necrosis, acyclovir, herpes, ...
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Demography, clinical features, etiology, management and outcomes in acute retinal necrosis: A prospective study
... some acute inflammatory response in the form of polymorphonuclear leucocytes and occasional ...severe necrosis, no recognizable retinal tissue persist, and only retinal vasculature remains ...
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Alpha herpes virus type and viral load in intraocular fluids in patients with acute retinal necrosis
... In addition to the factors mentioned above, the virus type might have an impact on viral load (table 3). In the group of VZV ARN, ocular samples carried a higher amount of viral genome compared with HSV ARN and had worse ...
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<p>Management Strategies of Acute Retinal Necrosis: Current Perspectives</p>
... Intravenous antiviral therapy was historically the standard of care and is still applicable in speci fi c cases. Blumenkranz et al fi rst described their experience with intravenous acyclovir in 13 eyes of 12 patients with ...
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Varicella zoster virus acute retinal necrosis following eye contusion: case report
... A unique case of acute HSV encephalitis associated with bilateral ARN syndrome after craniotomy for resection of a suprasellar craniopharyngioma has been reported. The authors hypothesized reactivation of ...
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Multimodal imaging of retinal metastasis masquerading as an acute retinal necrosis
... of retinal metastasis lies not only in its rarity but also in its ability to mimic several ...pathologies. Retinal metastasis may present as whitish patches or vitreous opacities, mimicking an inflamma- ...
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The necessity and optimal time for performing pars plana vitrectomy in acute retinal necrosis patients
... There are many complications of ARN, such as PVR, cataracts, and optic atrophy. Occlusive vasculitis in ARN patients will lead to retinal ischemia [19]. The affected retina becomes thinned and atrophic permanently ...
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Varicella Zoster Meningitis, Optic Neuritis Preceding the Development of Posterior Outer Retinal Necrosis, and Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in a HIV Patient
... entities, acute retinal necrosis (ARN) and ...thickness retinal necrosis starting ...multifocal retinal necrosis without granular borders in the deeper retinal ...
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Necrotizing herpetic retinopathy in an immune-compromised pediatric patient with minimal signs of inflammation: case report
... or acute retinal necrosis (ARN) was suspected, and an intravenous course of ganciclovir and acyclovir was therefore ...peripheral retinal break and detachment developed after medical ...
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Long-term follow-up of herpetic non-necrotizing retinopathy with occlusive retinal vasculitis and neovascularization
... The acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome is characterized by peripheral retinal necrosis, retinal arter- itis, and a prominent inflammatory reaction in the vitreous and anterior ...
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Posterior segment manifestations in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients in rural population of central india
... toxoplasmosis and acute retinal necrosis accounting for rest 28% of the findings. HIV retinopathy was seen in 21 (81%) of the patients with CD4 count <50 cells/cubic millimeter, 8 (67%) with CD4 ...
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Acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis in a child: a case report
... Due to the rare presentation of AMHRV, there have been no controlled trials conducted to determine a de- finitive treatment protocol for this disease. A thorough review of the literature yields nine published cases of ...
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Interleukin 10 Down Regulates Cathepsin B Expression in Fetal Rat Alveolar Type II Cells Exposed to Hyperoxia
... Purpose: Hyperoxia has the chief biological effect of cell death. We have previ- ously reported that cathepsin B (CB) is related to fetal alveolar type II cell (FATI- IC) death and pretreatment of recombinant IL-10 ...
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Acute kidney injury biomarkers: renal angina and the need for a renal troponin I
... Subsequent to the initial promising results observed for novel biomarker prediction of AKI development and severity after CPB, biomarkers (especially NGAL [36]) have been assessed in multiple other clinical AKI set- ...
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Avascular necrosis in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: a brief report and review of the literature
... ALL: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML: Acute myeloid leukemia; APPLE: Atherosclerosis Prevention in Pediatric Lupus Erythematosus; AVN: Avascular necrosis; ANXA2: Annexin A2; BMP6: Bone morphogenic ...
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Correlation of clinical and imaging studies in assessing the severity in acute pancreatitis
... The APACHE II 4 system is superior to other systems like Ranson’s, because it is the only system which takes into account all the major risk factors that influence the outcome from the disease including the acute ...
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