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HIV and cannot see
- Source :
- Survey of ophthalmology. 59(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- A 55-year-old HIV-positive man presented with acute vision loss in the right eye and altered mental status. Ophthalmic evaluation revealed light perception vision OD with a right relative afferent pupillary defect, conjunctival chemosis, large mutton-fat keratitic precipitates, and diffuse cream-colored vitreous cells. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and orbit with and without contrast with fat saturation showed choroidal thickening OD, multifocal deep periventricular and deep ganglionic enhancing lesions, and a suprasellar mass. Brain biopsy showed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Intrathecal chemotherapy with methotrexate and cytarabine and whole brain radiation therapy failed. His mental status deteriorated. He developed pancytopenia, neutropenic fever, and septic shock and subsequently expired under palliative care.
- Subjects :
- Chemosis
Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care
genetic structures
Biopsy
HIV Infections
Blindness
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Pupil Disorders
Ophthalmology
Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain
medicine
Humans
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Brain Neoplasms
Brain biopsy
Magnetic resonance imaging
Choroid Diseases
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Pancytopenia
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
eye diseases
sense organs
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
medicine.symptom
business
Uveitis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18793304
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Survey of ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9c155adabead156927672b4edd7fd5f9