Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis

PURPOSE: To present an unusual case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis. RESULTS: A 54-year-old lady with Wegener’s granulomatosis presented with decreased vision in her left eye. Wegener’s retinal vasculitis was diagnosed initially and the patient received...

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Autores principales: Tranos, Paris G, Georgalas, Ilias, Founti, Panagiota, Ladas, Ioannis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668453
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author Tranos, Paris G
Georgalas, Ilias
Founti, Panagiota
Ladas, Ioannis
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Ladas, Ioannis
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description PURPOSE: To present an unusual case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis. RESULTS: A 54-year-old lady with Wegener’s granulomatosis presented with decreased vision in her left eye. Wegener’s retinal vasculitis was diagnosed initially and the patient received treatment with oral steroids. Three days later the patient developed typical CMV retinitis. CONCLUSION: The likelihood of CMV retinitis in patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis should not be overlooked. Increased awareness in such cases is very important since CMV retinitis may present with less typical manifestations, which makes the correct diagnosis more challenging.
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spelling pubmed-26997762009-08-10 Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis Tranos, Paris G Georgalas, Ilias Founti, Panagiota Ladas, Ioannis Clin Ophthalmol Case Report PURPOSE: To present an unusual case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis. RESULTS: A 54-year-old lady with Wegener’s granulomatosis presented with decreased vision in her left eye. Wegener’s retinal vasculitis was diagnosed initially and the patient received treatment with oral steroids. Three days later the patient developed typical CMV retinitis. CONCLUSION: The likelihood of CMV retinitis in patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis should not be overlooked. Increased awareness in such cases is very important since CMV retinitis may present with less typical manifestations, which makes the correct diagnosis more challenging. Dove Medical Press 2008-12 2008-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2699776/ /pubmed/19668453 Text en © 2008 Tranos et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Georgalas, Ilias
Founti, Panagiota
Ladas, Ioannis
Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
title Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
title_full Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
title_fullStr Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
title_full_unstemmed Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
title_short Cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis
title_sort cytomegalovirus retinitis presenting as vasculitis in a patient with wegener’s granulomatosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668453
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