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1325768

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
Acute frosted retinal periphlebitis is an inflammatory condition of unknown origin characterized by marked perivenular infiltration in otherwise healthy patients. We encountered seven patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who exhibited visual loss associated with an unusual diffuse retinal periphlebitis very similar in appearance to acute frosted retinal periphlebitis. Each patient developed a thick inflammatory infiltrate surrounding the retinal venules, creating a frosted appearance. Two cases were bilateral. All patients had areas of more typical cytomegalovirus retinitis in their involved eye(s). Five of six patients treated with ganciclovir sodium showed improvement not only of the cytomegalovirus retinitis but also of the periphlebitis. Although we do not have histopathologic evidence that cytomegalovirus was the cause of these cases of periphlebitis, we believe that periphlebitis may be a previously unrecognized finding of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. So far, there is no evidence implicating cytomegalovirus as the cause of acute frosted retinal periphlebitis in healthy patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-9950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1257-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Retinal periphlebitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with cytomegalovirus retinitis mimics acute frosted retinal periphlebitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't