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An Interesting Case of Cmv Retinitis in a Patient of All on Maintenance Therapy

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: A 45 years old male, known case of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on maintenance therapy presented with painless progressive diminution of vision in both eyes. Evaluation revealed Cytomegalovirus Retinitis with low CD4 counts. CMV retinitis is usually seen in HIV disease or in post allogenic stem cell transplant recipient patients. CMV retinitis occurring in ALL maintenance phase is very rare. The patient showed some improvement with intra-vitreal and intra-venous Gancyclovir injections.

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Authors: PAWAN KUMAR SINGH, Manoranjan Mahapatra, TULIKA SETH, Pravas Chandra Mishra, Pradeep Venkatesh, Vineet Sehgal

Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4384447152

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