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ArticleCase reports in medicine2018

Acute Progressive Visual Loss in a Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Challenges in the Utility of Molecular Tests in Early Diagnose of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis.

Ali Amanati, Nader Shakibazad, Bahman Pourabbas, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh, Soheila Zareifar, Omid Reza Zekavat

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Article in Case reports in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ali AmanatiProfessor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Nader ShakibazadHematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5124-6380
Bahman PourabbasProfessor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein NowroozzadehPoostchi Eye Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Soheila ZareifarHematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Omid Reza ZekavatHematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-0008-3198
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is one of the rare but debilitating presentations of the CMV infection in children with leukemia. Herein, we report a 12-year-old boy with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by rapid progressive visual loss during relapse of leukemia. The definite diagnosis of CMV retinitis was made after vitreous aspiration. Despite prompt treatment and ophthalmologic intervention, he died because of AML relapse. Viral infections, especially cytomegalovirus infection, may present with vague clinical pictures during any time of chemotherapy, which may not be easily distinguishable from bacterial or fungal retinitis and also chemotherapy-induced retinopathies. Clinician should consider CMV retinitis in seropositive patients especially those without detectable viremia.

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