To report a case of pachychoroid associated with acute retinal necrosis secondary to the varicella zoster virus (VZV). A retrospective review of a single case was performed. The VZV-related acute retinal necrosis with pachychoroid resolved with quiescence of the acute infectious process. Acute retinal necrosis can result in choroidal thickening adjacent to retinitis. Previous reports have described choroidal sparing in these cases.

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