Two Ocular Infections during Conventional Chemotherapy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report

Two Ocular Infections during Conventional Chemotherapy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report

Viral retinitis due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is rare in patients with acute leukemia who did not receive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We report a case of CMV retinitis that developed in a 49-year-old patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The patient was treated with salvag...

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Main Authors: Ruba Taha, Ibrahim Al Hijji, Halima El Omri, Fareed Al-Laftah, Riham Negm, Mohammed Yassin, Hanadi El Ayoubi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2010-07-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Cytomegalovirus retinitis
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Chemotherapy
Hyper-CVAD
Candida
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/318230

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