AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY
A 45 years old male, known case of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on maintenance therapy presented with painless progressive diminution 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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| author | PAWAN KUMAR SINGH Manoranjan Mahapatra TULIKA SETH Pravas Chandra Mishra Pradeep Venkatesh Vineet Sehgal |
| author_facet | PAWAN KUMAR SINGH Manoranjan Mahapatra TULIKA SETH Pravas Chandra Mishra Pradeep Venkatesh Vineet Sehgal |
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| description | A 45 years old male, known case of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on maintenance therapy presented with painless progressive diminution 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 recipient patients. CMV retinitis occurring in ALL maintenance phase is very rare. The patient showed some improvement with intra-vitreal and intra-venous Gancyclovir injections. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3b67a4836d224ea1b2e3bb8d2a4496b82024-12-02T00:01:46ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPYPAWAN KUMAR SINGH0Manoranjan Mahapatra1TULIKA SETH2Pravas Chandra Mishra3Pradeep 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 diminution 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 recipient patients. CMV retinitis occurring 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/1880ALLMaintenance therapyCMV retinitis |
| spellingShingle | PAWAN KUMAR SINGH Manoranjan Mahapatra TULIKA SETH Pravas Chandra Mishra Pradeep Venkatesh Vineet Sehgal AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases ALL Maintenance therapy CMV retinitis |
| title | AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY |
| title_full | AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY |
| title_fullStr | AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY |
| title_full_unstemmed | AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY |
| title_short | AN INTERESTING CASE OF CMV RETINITIS IN A PATIENT OF ALL ON MAINTENANCE THERAPY |
| title_sort | interesting case of cmv retinitis in a patient of all on maintenance therapy |
| topic | ALL Maintenance therapy CMV retinitis |
| url | https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1880 |
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