title: Cytomegalovirus retinitis after multiple ocular surgeries in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the case of a 74-year-old man who developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis after multiple ocular surgeries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 74-year-old man who had a history of multiple ocular surgeries developed unilateral retinitis with whitening of the entire peripheral retina. A presumptive diagnosis of viral retinitis was considered, and polymerase chain reaction of the aqueous fluid was positive for CMV DNA. Laboratory examination revealed that the patient was completely immunocompetent. Moreover, the patient did not have any subtenon or intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA). The patient responded well to intravenous ganciclovir and oral valganciclovir.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CMV retinitis can occur to immunocompetent patients without local immunosuppression with TA injection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Toon, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toriyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohashi