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Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis

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Progressive outer retinal necrosis (PORN) is rapidly progressive necrotizing retinitis characterized by early patchy multifocal retinal lesions that appear deep on fundoscopy.

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  1. Retina Service, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, 310 E 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Meenakashi Gupta MD

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  1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, USA

    Carlos A. Medina

  2. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, MIAMI, Florida, USA

    Justin H. Townsend

  3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Gupta, M. (2016). Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis. In: Medina, C., Townsend, J., Singh, A. (eds) Manual of Retinal Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20460-4_103

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