title: [Ophthalmologic manifestations in early and late stages of AIDS].
abstract: In a prospective study of 101 patients with HIV infection and a medium CD4 lymphocyte cell count of 350 x 10(6)/l and a retrospective study of the records of 79 AIDS patients, we compared the first ocular symptoms in HIV-infected patients to the CD4 count. In Walter-Reed stages 2-4 (n = 101) we found sicca syndrome in 9.2%, in 52% lens opacities in the cortex and only in less than 1% HIV-related angiopathy of the retina. In Walter Reed stages 5-6 (n = 79), 26% of the AIDS patients developed CMV retinitis, 33% HIV angiopathy of the retina and only 1% retinal toxoplasmosis. The average CD4 lymphocyte cell count was never better than 100 x 10(6). Lens opacities in HIV-infected patients could be an early ophthalmological symptom of HIV infection.
authors: Zentrum der Augenheilkunde, Universität Frankfurt/M.
authors: O E
authors: OE
authors: Schnaudigel
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Gümbel
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Richter
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Subklew
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Garweg
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002386:Cataract / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Ophthalmologische Manifestationen in frühen und späteren Stadien bei Aids.