Ocular manifestations in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
The ocular manifestations in 65 Japanese human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive patients were examined. Based on the cumulative totals, 22 of the cases had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), 17 had AIDS-related complex (ARC), and 35 were asymptomatic carriers (AC), including 4 AIDS cases who had progressed from ARC and 5 ARC cases from AC. Seventy-seven percent of the AIDS cases had ocular manifestations, including cotton-wool spots (50%), retinal hemorrhages (59%), cytomegalovirus retinitis (46%) and pupil abnormalities (14%). The ocular signs were also seen in 71% of the ARC cases and 37% of the AC cases. In Japanese HIV-seropositive patients, ocular manifestations are also as common as in Western HIV-seropositive patients.
Nagata
Y
Y
Eye Clinic, Self Defense Forces Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Fujino
Y
Y
Matsumoto
S
S
Nishi
M
M
Ono
A
A
Mochizuki
M
M
Oka
S
S
Kimura
S
S
Shimada
K
K
D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000150:complications; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015828:Eye Infections, Viral / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged