A Prospective Study of the Ophthalmologic Findings in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

A Study of Ocular Complications of HIV/AIDS in a Teaching Medical College in North-Eastern India

“…With the introduction of HAART its incidence has declined markedly but still remains as the leading cause of ocular morbidity in the developing world. [21][22][23] Prior to the AIDS epidemic, CMV retinitis was a rare disease. With the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS it has become a common intraocular infection amongst the AIDS patients with CD ⁺ T lymphocyte count less than 50 cells/mm.…”

“…Ever since the first description on ocular manifestation of AIDS was made by Holland et al in 1982 several reports have been published on ocular involvement in AIDS in different part of the world. [4,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In India the eye abnormalities in HIV infected patients was first reported in 1995 from Chennai. [1,5,10,11] The estimated prevalence of HIV-related eye diseases in India is reported to be between 8-45%.…”

“…[1,5,10,11] The estimated prevalence of HIV-related eye diseases in India is reported to be between 8-45%. [5][6][7]21,22] Ocular adnexal lesion is seen in about 25% of patients and can be a sign of severe systemic immune-suppression. [23] The spectrum of ocular lesion of AIDS in the developing world differs from that of developed nations.…”

H1N1-associated Acute Retinitis

“…2 Ocular involvement in cytomegalovirus has been reported to be between 12 and 46% of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). 3 Other documented causes of ophthalmic manifestations of systemic viral disease include herpes zoster, herpes simplex, and Epstein-Barr virus. 4 Influenza A has also been implicated in few reports of ocular findings in systemically infected individuals, with potential findings of influenza A retinopathy, macular edema, foveal irregularity, 5 and optic neuritis.…”

Weber's Syndrome Due to Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

“…Isolated case reports include one patient with third nerve palsy & contralateral ataxia (Claude's syndrome) [4], two with ocular motility defects [12] and 2 with an occulomotor nerve palsy & rubral tremor [15,17]. In a prospective analysis of ophthalmological manifestation of AIDS [13], toxoplasmosis was the etiolocal agent in only one out of a total of 26 patients with cranial nerve palsy. Analysing differently.…”