       Document 0439
 DOCN  M9630439
 TI    [Post-varicella acute retinal necrosis]
 DT    9603
 AU    Ehongo-Bidime A; Pereleux A; Zanen A; Service d'ophtalmologie, Hopital
       Erasme, Universite Libre de; Bruxelles.
 SO    Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1995;255:61-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96090860
 AB    A man aged 43 in good health complaints of sudden blurred vision in his
       right eye, 12 days after a generalized chickenpox eruption. Examination
       shows an intraocular inflammation with retinal necrosis in temporal
       periphery. The serum antibodies against varicella-zoster are positive
       for the IgM and IgG, confirming a recent infection by varicella zoster.
       Bacterial serology is negative, as well as the serology for the HSV, HIV
       and CMV. An intraocular production of anti varicella-zoster antibodies
       is also found by an anterior chamber puncture (Goldmann-Witmer ratio =
       1338). A general treatment by acyclovir and corticoids is started,
       completed by local treatment and cryocoagulation of the retinal
       periphery. The evolution is favorable, with recovery of the visual
       acuity and cicatrization of the lesions. The severity of acute retinal
       necrosis as a complication of a chickenpox infection usually is
       moderate, with a good visual prognosis as by our patient.
 DE    Acyclovir/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE  Adrenal Cortex
       Hormones/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE  Adult  Antibodies, Viral/ISOLATION &
       PURIF  Case Report  Chickenpox/*COMPLICATIONS  Cryosurgery  Drug
       Therapy, Combination  English Abstract  Human  Male  Retinal Necrosis
       Syndrome, Acute/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/THERAPY  Vision Disorders/*ETIOLOGY
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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