title: [CMV retinitis in AIDS--a pre-final complication?].
abstract: The appearance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS is regarded as an unfavourable sign, it was even considered in the first years of the HIV-epidemic to be a pre-final complication. The survival period after diagnosis of the retinitis is under virostatic therapy generally given as several months, only exceptionally as more than a year. We report here 3 cases of CMV retinitis in AIDS having an unusually long duration of 14-24 months. The clinical and histological results with the pecularities (resistance to therapy, optic atrophy, retinal atrophy with detachment, atypical peripheral fundus lesions) are presented. The importance of ophthalmological care of HIV-patients is indicated and a screening procedure is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Basel.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bernauer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daicker
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000473:pathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D012173:Retinitis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: CMV-Retinitis bei AIDS--eine präfinale Komplikation?