Cytomegalovirus retinitis in dyskeratosis congenita.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to report a case of cytomegalovirus retinitis in the setting of dyskeratosis congenita.


METHODS
Case report and literature review.


RESULTS
A 23-year-old woman who had peripheral occlusive retinal vasculopathy and neovascularization as a result of pancytopenia caused by bone marrow failure also developed cytomegalovirus retinitis. She had been diagnosed with dyskeratosis congenita, which had caused the bone marrow failure and pancytopenia.


CONCLUSIONS
Dyskeratosis congenita is a multisystem disorder that causes bone marrow failure. It can have retinal manifestations in the form of peripheral proliferative retinopathy and retinitis.
*Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center. San Francisco, California †West Coast Retina Medical Group, San Francisco, California.
Sara
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Haug
Sandeep
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Randhawa
Arthur
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Fu
H Richard
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McDonald