BACKGROUND
The purpose of this brief communication is to alert ophthalmologists that optic neuropathy may herald acute retinal necrosis (ARN).
CASE
A previously healthy 54-year-old man exhibited optic neuropathy as an initial presentation of ARN, 8 weeks after varicella-zoster dermatitis.
OBSERVATIONS
Central retinal vascular obstruction developed subsequently in his left eye. Later, the cl...
