CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IRITIS

Authors
CHENG LY RAO NA KEEFE KS AVILA CP MACDONALD JC FREEMAN WR
Citation
Ly. Cheng et al., CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IRITIS, Ophthalmic surgery, 29(11), 1998, pp. 930-932
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
Ophthalmic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
29
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
930 - 932
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1998)29:11<930:>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We describe a case of focal cytomegalovirus iritis in a patient with a cquired imunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who had CMV retinitis. The aut opsy showed histologic evidence of focal iritis in the left eye. This iritis was characterized by infiltration of acute inflammatory cells m ixed with cytomegalic cells, which was confirmed by CMV-specific immun ohistochemical staining. The case suggested that cytomegalovirus could be a direct causative agent of infectious iritis in RIDS patients.