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Overview
Causes
- Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is usually caused by the reactivation of the following pathogenic viruses in the Herpesviridae family:[1]
- Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)
- Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)
- Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
- Less commonly, ARN can be caused by Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus.[2]
- VZV and HSV-1 are usually the causes of ARN in individuals older than 25 years.
- The majority of the ARN cases for individuals older than 50 years are caused by VZV and HSV-1.[3]
- HSV-2 is usually the cause of ARN in individuals younger than 25 years.
References
- ↑ Pikkel YY, Pikkel J (2014). "Acute retinal necrosis in childhood". Case Rep Ophthalmol. 5 (2): 138–43. doi:10.1159/000363130. PMC 4049010. PMID 24932179.
- ↑ Ganatra JB, Chandler D, Santos C, Kuppermann B, Margolis TP (2000). "Viral causes of the acute retinal necrosis syndrome". Am. J. Ophthalmol. 129 (2): 166–72. PMID 10682968.
- ↑ Brydak-Godowska J, Borkowski P, Szczepanik S, Moneta-Wielgoś J, Kęcik D (2014). "Clinical manifestation of self-limiting acute retinal necrosis". Med. Sci. Monit. 20: 2088–96. doi:10.12659/MSM.890469. PMC 4226315. PMID 25356955.