title: Ocular manifestations in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Self Defense Forces Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: 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