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To report the clinical course of a patient with posterior pole involvement as the first sign of acute retinal necrosis.

Posterior pole involvement as the presenting feature of varicella zoster virus- associated acute retinal necrosis in a young healthy man

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Descriptive case report highlights antiviral therapy's role in preserving visual function in acute retinal necrosis.

To report the clinical course of a patient with posterior pole involvement as the first sign of acute retinal necrosis.
Descriptive case report on a 37-year-old male presenting with right eye symptoms and unilateral findings.
Initiation of empiric systemic antibiotics due to initial suspicion of another type of retinitis.
Confirmation of varicella zoster virus via anterior chamber tap and subsequent treatment.
The patient demonstrated improvement in visual acuity from logMAR 1.0 to 0 after therapy.
Complete regression of retinal lesions occurred, but areas of atrophy developed.
No disease recurrence or complications noted at one-year follow-up.

Ben-Avi et al. (2025) studied this question.

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