Presumed Bilateral Cytomegalovirus-Induced Optic Neuropathy in an Immunocompetent Person

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 1996, Volume 16, Issue 1
Date 1996-03
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t4704s

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Title Presumed Bilateral Cytomegalovirus-Induced Optic Neuropathy in an Immunocompetent Person
Creator Baglivo, E; Leuenberger, PM; Krause, KH
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract Ocular manifestations of an acquired cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection are often associated with the patient being in an immunocompromised state. In the vast majority of cases, the affliction appears as a necrotic retinitis; an isolated optic nerve lesion is seen less frequently. To date, only two cases of CMV retinitis and one case of bilateral acute retinal necrosis have been reported in healthy individuals. We describe a 32-year-old healthy woman who developed bilateral papillitis. Tests were positive for acute CMV infection but negative for an immunocompromised state. We changed the antiviral therapy from acyclovir to foscarnet in association with corticosteroids, and resolution of the papillitis and recovery of visual acuity were obtained.
Subject Adult; Cytomegalovirus; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Optic Nerve/pathology; Optic Neuritis/pathology
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224748
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t4704s/224748