title: Fluocinolone acetonide implant (Retisert) for chronic cystoid macular edema in two patients with AIDS and a history of cytomegalovirus retinitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the authors' experience using fluocinolone acetonide (Retisert) to treat cystoid macular edema (CME) resulting from immune recovery uveitis (IRU) in 2 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with a history of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical records were reviewed of 2 patients who received Retisert implantation in 3 eyes for IRU-associated inflammation and CME. Suppression of CMV disease was achieved with oral medication in one patient and with simultaneous implantation of a ganciclovir implant in the other patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After Retisert implantation in 3 eyes in AIDS patients on HAART, improvement in CME was seen in 2 eyes. No CMV reactivation was detected during the several-month follow-up period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retisert may be an effective treatment for CME in AIDS patients with IRU reactivation and a history of CMV retinitis.
authors: University of California, San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California 94143-0730, USA.
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