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By McGill University Health Centre
The MUHC-McGill University
Co-author(s): Sabrina Bergeron, P. Zoroquiain, E. Esposito, S. Corredor Casas, P. Logan, A. N. Odashiro, Miguel N. Burnier, Paulina GarcĂa de Alba Graue, McGill University Health Center-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Translational Research Laboratory - Uploaded on May 18, 2020.
- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on May 19, 2020.
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- CMV Retinitis in AIDS Patient
- Condition/keywords
- cytomegalovirus (CMV), AIDS
- Description
- Cytomegalovirus is a genus of viruses in the Herpesviridae family. Humans, in particular immunosuppressed patients, are natural hosts to this virus. AIDS patients have poor immunity and massive retinal infections are common. In this evisceration specimen, only the retina and the choroid are present. Note the necrotic whitish retina (arrow). The choroid is thickened and is tan-yellowish in appearance (arrowheads).