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Published on: August 7, 2015
Cytomegalovirus retinitis in dyskeratosis congenita
Sara Haug1, Sandeep Randhawa, Arthur Fu
1*Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, California †West Coast Retina Medical Group, San Francisco, California.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to report a case of cytomegalovirus retinitis in the setting of dyskeratosis congenita.
Methods:
Case report and literature review.
Results:
A 23-year-old woman who had peripheral occlusive retinal vasculopathy and neovascularization as a result of pancytopenia caused by bone marrow failure also developed cytomegalovirus retinitis. She had been diagnosed with dyskeratosis congenita, which had caused the bone marrow failure and pancytopenia.
Conclusion:
Dyskeratosis congenita is a multisystem disorder that causes bone marrow failure. It can have retinal manifestations in the form of peripheral proliferative retinopathy and retinitis.
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