introduction sectoral retinitis pigmentosa (rp) is a rare clinical condition. case presentation we present a 60-year-old female with a history of mild night blindness and decreased vision in the left eye for about 15 years. conclusions fundus examination revealed retinal pigmentary changes in the inferotemporal sector and reduced arterial caliber. in addition, fundus autofluorescence, fluoresce...

INTRODUCTION Retinitis pigmentosa is clinically characterized by loss of predominantly rod photoreceptor function as well as loss of peripheral vision. The classic clinical triad is considered to be the presence of bone spicule pigmentation in the peripheral retina, arteriolar attenuation, and waxy disc pallor. Cataracts, most commonly of the posterior subcapsular type, are often found in all f...

Methods: Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome were enrolled in a multicenter clinical trial designed to evaluate foscarnet sodium and ganciclovir sodium as therapy for newly diagnosed CMV retinitis. Ocular characteristics at baseline and measurements of retinitis were assessed from fundus photographs by graders at a fundus photograph reading center. The following measures of advance...

We report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis after intravitreal bevacizumab injection. A 61-year-old woman with diabetic macular edema developed dense vitritis and necrotizing retinitis 3 weeks after intravitreal bevacizumab injection. A diagnostic vitrectomy was performed. The undiluted vitreous sample acquired by vitrectomy was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction and culture. Polymer...

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis has been extensively described in patients with advanced or late human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease under ineffective treatment of opportunistic infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure. However, there is limited information about patients who develop active cytomegalovirus retinitis as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (...

Purpose : To discuss the definition and to determine the most logical intervention in treating patients with clinically foscamet resistant cytomgalovirus retinitis. Patients : Two patients with foscarnet clinically resistant cytomegalovims retinitis were followed in our department since june 1994. In these 2 patients, foscarnet was the first antiviral drug theraw civen for the treamxnt of cvtom...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis characteristically causes peripheral retinitis with associated vasculitis. It rarely begins in the macula or causes macular necrosis exclusively. We report a case of unilateral macular CMV retinitis in a 65-year-old immunosuppressed patient and document changes in the macula during treatment through optical coherence tomography (OCT).

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus retinitis is a neglected disease in resource-poor settings, in part because of the perceived complexity of care and because ophthalmologists are rarely accessible. In this paper, we describe a pilot programme of CMV retinitis management by non-ophthalmologists. The programme consists of systematic screening of all high-risk patients (CD4 <100 cells/mm3) by AIDS clinic...

BACKGROUND The utility of cytomegalovirus (CMV) urine cultures was checked in patients with HIV (a) to identify those at risk for CMV retinitis and (b) to guide clinical decisions on treatment and prophylaxis of CMV retinitis. METHODS HIV infected patients were tested for CMVuria by shell vial cell cultures. The prevalence of CMVuria was related to CD4 count, HIV risk group, and time before a...

A 54-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis, on natalizumab, reported 2 weeks of left eye redness and blurry vision, previously diagnosed as conjunctivitis. Visual acuity was 20/125. Funduscopy revealed progressive outer retinal necrosis (figure 1), a viral retinitis of immunocompromised patients that frequently causes vision loss. Sequential bilateral involvement is common. Etiologies include ...