Cytomegalovirus Retinopathy in Aequired Immunodeficieney Syndrome.

Lim, Eun A; Lee, Young Wook; Chung, Young Tae

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1993;34(10):1055-1059.
Published online October 1, 1993.

Cytomegalovirus Retinopathy in Aequired Immunodeficieney Syndrome.

Eun A Lim, Young Wook Lee, Young Tae Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Korea.

후천성 면역 결핍증의 초기 발현형태인 거대세포 바이러스 망막염

임은아(Eun A Lim),이영욱(Young Wook Lee),정영태(Young Tae Chung)

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus retinopathy(CMV)is a necrotizing retinitis which can occur as a late manifestation of the Acquired immunodeficiency syndromde(AIDS), which rapidly increases in number after original description of the disease in 1981 by Gottliebet al. We experienced a patient, who complained of decreased visual acuity of the left eye only we initially diagnosed the patient as CMV retinitis, and during the course of treatment, finally diagnosed the patient as CMV retinitis with AIDS, and the patient was subdivided into Group IV, Subgroup C by center for disease control classification system To our knowledge, for about 10% of the patient of the CMV retinopathy, AIDS was diagnosed like same manner as we did, but we couldn't find any report in korea, so we report this case with a review of literatures.

Key Words: AIDS;Cytomegalovirus retinitis;Ganciclovir