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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

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The American Uveitis Society determined five diagnostic criteria for acute retinal necrosis in 1994.

The diagnosis of acute retinal necrosis is made when the following criteria are met:^[1]

One or more discrete foci of peripheral retinal necrosis, located outside of the major temporal vascular arcades
Circumferential spread if antiviral therapy has not been administered
Occlusive retinal vasculopathy
A prominent vitreous or anterior chamber inflammation
Rapid disease progression in the absence of therapy

↑ Holland GN (1994). "Standard diagnostic criteria for the acute retinal necrosis syndrome. Executive Committee of the American Uveitis Society". Am. J. Ophthalmol. 117 (5): 663–7. PMID 8172275.