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ArticleJournal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection2023

Cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis and occlusive retinal vasculitis without retinitis in a patient on immunomodulatory therapy.

Lorenzo Fabozzi, Ilaria Testi, Laura De Benito-Llopis, Carlos Pavesio

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Article in Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lorenzo FabozziDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Ilaria TestiDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Laura De Benito-LlopisDepartment of External Diseases, Moorfields Eye Hospital, National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Carlos PavesioDepartment of Uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK. c.pavesio@nhs.net.
National Health Service · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe unusual clinical features and therapeutic management of a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) ocular disease in a patient on immunomodulatory therapy. SETTING/VENUE: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

methodsMedical history, clinical findings, investigation results, and multimodal imaging were retrospectively collected.

resultsA 61-year-old, South-East Asian man, developed CMV-related endotheliitis and occlusive retinal vasculitis, diagnosed by wide-angle fluorescein angiography. No retinitis was present on the fundus examination. Suspicion of CMV etiology was based on anterior segment findings, especially the presence of coin-shaped endothelial lesions. The diagnosis was confirmed by aqueous polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis which was positive for CMV DNA. The combined use of topical and systemic valganciclovir resulted in significant improvement of the picture.

conclusionsCMV can manifest in the eye as occlusive retinal vasculitis without the presence of typical retinitis.

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Cytomegalovirus virusEndotheliitisRetinal vasculitisRetinitisUveitis

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PMID37540447
PMCPMC10403449
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