Cytomegalovirus retinitis: A case report

Cytomegalovirus retinitis in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

PURPOSE To report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in an immunocompetent adult patient. METHODS A 61-year-old woman with proven CMV retinitis and no evidence of HIV or other underlying immunodeficiencies was referred. RESULTS She was referred with history of recent right eye visual loss. In fundus examination, she had signs of retinal vasculitis. After initial examination, she was ...

Aids Presenting Early Cytomegalovirus Retinitis – a Case Report

Cytomegalovirus Colitis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Report of a Case

Abstract Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus that can be consider as invasive infection after transplantation or chemotherapy, long-term corticosteroid users or in immunodeficient patients such as HIV. Different complications were seen in immunocompetent patients but colitis rarely occurs. The diagnosis of CMV was based on pathology by colonoscopy, positive CMV antigen and high CMV-IgM titer serum...

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in an Immunocompromised Infant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

PURPOSE To describe a case of bilateral cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) in an immunocompromised infant. METHODS A 4-month-old male infant with severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome was examined for the presence of CMVR. Ocular involvement was recorded and monitored by digital imaging. RESULTS The child had bilateral CMVR, with a fine granular pattern, present both in the peripheral ret...

Macular CMV retinitis: a case report.

PURPOSE Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is the most common ocular opportunistic infection associated with AIDS. It usually affects the peripheral retina, sparing the macula. We describe an atypical CMV retinitis exclusively confined to the macula. METHODS A 43-year-old man with the diagnosis of AIDS developed a white retinal lesion confined to the macula of the right eye. Two weeks later, a m...