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Cytomegalovirus iritis
1Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego 92093-0946, USA.
Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers
|November 24, 1998
Abstract:
We describe a case of focal cytomegalovirus iritis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who had CMV retinitis. The autopsy showed histologic evidence of focal iritis in the left eye. This iritis was characterized by infiltration of acute inflammatory cells mixed with cytomegalic cells, which was confirmed by CMV-specific immunohistochemical staining. The case suggested that cytomegalovirus could be a direct causative agent of infectious iritis in AIDS patients.