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Acute Retinal Necrosis: Early Diagnosis Is Key To Outcome, Kevin Davis
Acute Retinal Necrosis: Early Diagnosis Is Key To Outcome, Kevin Davis
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
• Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN) can have extremely devastating effects on the vision of both healthy and immunocompromised individuals. Many times the exact pathogen of ARN can remain a mystery due to its silent and sometimes sudden onset along with the loss of vision prior to vitreal biopsy. One of the known pathogens is the Herpes Zoster Virus (HZV).
• When Herpes Zoster Virus attack the retina, there are very devastating effects due to ARN including long term complications and blindness. A review of literature looked at the retrospective studies related to the incidence and prevalence of ARN caused by …