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| Cytomegalovirus
infection or cytomegalic inclusion disease may occur congenitally but is
most commonly seen in the acquired form.
This acquired infection is noted most commonly in patients with
immunosuppression secondary to tumors, chemotherapy, transplantation, or
AIDS infection. Clinically,
this condition is characterized by an extensive retinitis with sharply
defined borders. This lesion
has often been described as a "brush fire" with large areas of
necrosis and hemorrhage of the retina(#22232). Histopathologically, this condition is characterized by a
cagulative, necrotizing retinitis. Often
there is a secondary diffuse inflammation of the choroid underlying this
lesion(#10634). The retinal
cells infected by this organism show large intranuclear inclusion bodies,
as well as small intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies.
-(#22925,
#22928, #22931, #22934, #22937, #22940, #22943) are all slides of
cytomegalovirus induced retinitis.
-Other
views of cytomegalovirus found in AIDS patients can be seen in slides
(#32353, #32355, #32364, #32368, #32371, #32376, #32377, #32386, #32391,
#32444, #32445).
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Photo #22232 |
Medium
Power #10634 |
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