Mild type acute retinal necrosis syndrome involving both eyes at three-year interval.
A 44-year-old man was seen as having acute retinal necrosis syndrome involving both eyes at an interval of 3 years. The cement-like exudates typical to this disease were observed in the fundus of both eyes; they were self-limiting, finally resulting in retinochoroidal degeneration without retinal detachment before becoming confluent. The patient showed an elevation of the convalescent antibody titer to varicella-zoster virus in the aqueous humor during the second eye involvement. We suggest that there exists a self-limiting mild type of acute retinal necrosis syndrome of which the present case is an example.
Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
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Matsuo
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Nakayama
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Koyama
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Matsuo
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004596:Electroretinography; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014822:Vitreous Body