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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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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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