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Varicella Zoster Virus - Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN) in a HIV-infected Patient (Colour Image)

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62 years of age, female, BCVA RA 0.2, LA 0.1, IOP 18/18 mmHg, HIV positive. The acute retinal necrosis (ARN) with necrotizing retinitis and severe panuveitis was due to the varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the HIV-infected patient. The diagnosis of a VZV-ARN was confirmed by diagnostic anterior chamber biopsy. ARN is a rare and serious disease in AIDS patients and is a late event in the course of immunosuppression (1). ARN is often associated with VZV infection. Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a viral syndrome characterized by necrotizing retinitis and severe panuveitis due to the varicella zoster virus or the herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2. ARN has a minimum incidence of 0.63 cases per million population per year (2). Varicella-zoster virus followed by herpes simplex were the most common causative agents. Literature (1) Batisse D, Eliaszewicz M, Zazoun L, Baudrimont M, Pialoux G, Dupont B. Acute retinal necrosis in the course of AIDS: study of 26 cases. AIDS. 1996 Jan;10(1):55-60. (2) Cochrane TF, Silvestri G, McDowell C, Foot B, McAvoy CE. Acute retinal necrosis in the United Kingdom: results of a prospective surveillance study. Eye (Lond). 2012 Mar;26(3):370-7.

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