{"title":"A CASE OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS COINFECTION.","authors":"Jennifer Lopez, Hong-Uyen Hua, Brian C Toy","doi":"10.1097/ICB.0000000000001424","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to describe a case of a 64-year-old man presenting with cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus retinitis coinfection in the setting of Burkitt lymphoma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A case report including multimodal imaging and anterior chamber polymerase chain reaction results was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This case highlights the importance of the clinical examination and maintaining high diagnostic suspicion for viral retinitis in immunocompromised patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Aqueous fluid PCR can be a useful adjunctive test to distinguish and confirm a diagnosis of viral retinitis. Given the limited sample volume of aqueous biopsy, it is important to prioritize the order of PCR testing based on clinical suspicion of the causative agent.</p>","PeriodicalId":53580,"journal":{"name":"Retinal Cases and Brief Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11249089/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Retinal Cases and Brief Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001424","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe a case of a 64-year-old man presenting with cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus retinitis coinfection in the setting of Burkitt lymphoma.
Methods: A case report including multimodal imaging and anterior chamber polymerase chain reaction results was used.
Results: This case highlights the importance of the clinical examination and maintaining high diagnostic suspicion for viral retinitis in immunocompromised patients.
Conclusion: Aqueous fluid PCR can be a useful adjunctive test to distinguish and confirm a diagnosis of viral retinitis. Given the limited sample volume of aqueous biopsy, it is important to prioritize the order of PCR testing based on clinical suspicion of the causative agent.
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