Open AccessChronic Retinal Necrosis Severely Complicated by Neovascular Glaucoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Takanori Matsuoka,
Kazunobu Asao,
Noriyasu Hashida,
Kohji Nishida
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
case reports in ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1663-2699
DOI - 10.1159/000480724
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , hyphema , intraocular pressure , retinitis , fluorescein angiography , glaucoma , sympathetic ophthalmia , uveitis , cytomegalovirus retinitis , trabeculectomy , retinal , virus , virology , human cytomegalovirus
Chronic retinal necrosis (CRN) is a rare chronic granular necrotizing retinitis that was first described in 2013. CRN is characterized by intraocular inflammation accompanied by occlusive vasculitis, granular retinitis, and slowly progressing necrosis around the retina in a host with partial immune dysfunction. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is reported to be a causative agent. There are several ocular complications such as retinal detachment and neovascular glaucoma; however, there has been no description of a clinical manifestation of neovascular glaucoma in CRN. We herein present a case of severe neovascular glaucoma in association with CRN.