Table 2 Clinical characteristics of eight elderly, immunocompromised, non-HIV-infected patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis
From: Retinal arteriolar occlusions due to cytomegalovirus retinitis in elderly patients without HIV
Case | Age/sex/eye | Concurrent illnesses/therapy | Months from onset to RAO | Retinitis extent at RAO zone (clock hours) | Diagnostic method | Vascular event (vision in affected eye) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 83/M/OD | DM, renal transplant, azathioprine, methylprednisolone, shingles | 0 | Zone I-III (3) | Aqueous PCR+ CMV | CRAO (1/200) |
9 | 60M/OD | Myasthenia gravis, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, DM, CD4 + T lymph 72, peripheral vascular disease | NA | Zone II-III (3) | Aqueous PCR+ CMV | None (20/40) |
10 | 60/F/OD | DM, pemphigus vulgaris, corticosteroids, IVK | NA | Zone I-III (6) | Aqueous PCR + CMV | HRVO 11 months before CMVR (HM) |
11 | 63/F/OU | Systemic vasculitis, cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids | NA | OD Zone I-III (3), OS Zone I (1) | PCR + CMV | None (OD 20/50, OS 20/20) |
12 | 89/M/OS | Hypersensitivity pneumonia, corticosteroids, steroid-induced DM, CAD | NA | Zone III (4) | Aqueous PCR+ CMV | Zone I sheathing without occlusion (20/30) |
13 | 70/F/OU | CLL, chemotherapy, BMT | NA | OD Zone II (1), OS Zone I-III (2) | Aqueous PCR+ CMV | None (OD 20/30, OS CF) |
14 | 87/M/OU | Kidney transplant, cyclosporine, prednisone | NA | OD Zones II-III (1), OS Zone II-III (1) | Aqueous PCR+ CMV | None (20/40 OU) |
15 | 66/M/OU | Lymphoma, chemotherapy | NA | Zone I-III (OD 6, OS 4) | Aqueous PCR+ CMV | None (OD 20/20, OS 20/60) |