Acute retinal necrosis diagnostic criteria

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

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

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