AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY

AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY

A 45 years old male, known case of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on maintenance therapy presented with painless progressive dimunition 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 st...

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Main Authors: PAWAN KUMAR SINGH, Manoranjan Mahapatra, TULIKA SETH, PRAVAS MISRA, PRADEEP VENKATESH, VINEET SEHGAL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
ALL
Maintenance therapy
CMV retinitis
Online Access:https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1864
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spelling doaj-a8317f58394f4f5fa221d9f425e393dd2020-11-25T01:58:55ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPYPAWAN KUMAR SINGH0Manoranjan Mahapatra1TULIKA SETH2PRAVAS MISRA3PRADEEP VENKATESH4VINEET SEHGAL5ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCESA 45 years old male, known case of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on maintenance therapy presented with painless progressive dimunition 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 recipietn patients. CMV retinitis occuring in ALL maintenance phase is very rare. The patient showed some improvement with intra-vitreal and intra-venous Gancyclovir injections.https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1864ALLMaintenance therapyCMV retinitis
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author PAWAN KUMAR SINGH
Manoranjan Mahapatra
TULIKA SETH
PRAVAS MISRA
PRADEEP VENKATESH
VINEET SEHGAL
spellingShingle PAWAN KUMAR SINGH
Manoranjan Mahapatra
TULIKA SETH
PRAVAS MISRA
PRADEEP VENKATESH
VINEET SEHGAL
AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
ALL
Maintenance therapy
CMV retinitis
author_facet PAWAN KUMAR SINGH
Manoranjan Mahapatra
TULIKA SETH
PRAVAS MISRA
PRADEEP VENKATESH
VINEET SEHGAL
author_sort PAWAN KUMAR SINGH
title AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY
title_short AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY
title_full AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY
title_fullStr AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY
title_full_unstemmed AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAITENANCE THERAPY
title_sort interesting case of cmv retinitis in a patient of all on maitenance therapy
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
issn 2035-3006
publishDate 2014-08-01
description A 45 years old male, known case of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on maintenance therapy presented with painless progressive dimunition 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 recipietn patients. CMV retinitis occuring in ALL maintenance phase is very rare. The patient showed some improvement with intra-vitreal and intra-venous Gancyclovir injections.
topic ALL
Maintenance therapy
CMV retinitis
url https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1864
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