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10407583

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 52-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed as having angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (stage IV-B). She received 6 courses of chemotherapy including cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone every two weeks (biweekly CHOP), and was considered to be in partial remission. She complained of loss of visual acuity in her right eye during her last cycle of chemotherapy. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis was suspected from the characteristic ophthalmoscopic appearance. This diagnosis was further supported by the detection of CMV DNA in blood and antigens in polymorphonuclear leukocytes, a sign of CMV reactivation. Although DNAemia and antigenemia became negative, retinitis remained slightly active despite a 4-week systemic treatment of ganciclovir. Intraocular injection of ganciclovir was started and continued until the retinitis became inactive ophthalmoscopically. The patient received high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and achieved complete remission. During the after this therapy no recurrence of CMV infections was observed. This case shows that 1) a quick and accurate diagnosis of CMV retinitis was possible by applying DNAemia and antigenemia and 2) intensive treatment for the CMV infection enabled the accomplishment of cure-oriented chemotherapy of the lymphoma without the recurrence of CMV retinitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0925-5710
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
256-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in a patient with malignant lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Matsuoka, Japan. ykawai@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports