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8644534

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
A case of Pneumocystis carinii (P. carinii) choroidopathy is reported. The patient was a 17-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed bilateral, multifocal, yellow-white, round, flat choroidal lesions ranging in size from 1/8 to 1/6 of the disc diameter while undergoing treatment for cytomegalovirus retinitis. He had had P. carinii pneumonia 43 months previously, and received inhaled pentamidine as suppressive therapy. Over a 4-week period of observation, the choroidal lesions appeared to enlarge slowly and increased in number in the posterior pole, with no clinical evidence of intraocular inflammation and retinal involvement. He was diagnosed as having P. carinii choroidopathy and treated with intravenous pentamidine. Three months after systemic pentamidine therapy was begun the choroidal lesions disappeared. Despite the fact that P. carinii choroidopathy is a rare opportunistic ocular infection, ophthalmic manifestations may be an important initial marker of extrapulmonary disseminated infection in some patients. Therefore we recommend ophthalmologic examinations in patients with AIDS who receive long-term aerosolized pentamidine prophylaxis for pneumonia.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0029-0203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Cytomegalovirus retinitis and Pneumocystis carinii choroidopathy in a patient with AIDS].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports