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*Primarily infected areas include the RPE and the subjacent choroid. | *Primarily infected areas include the RPE and the subjacent choroid. | ||
*Infection will consist of a vast amount of cellular necrosis across the retina; with the enlargement of infected cells, evidently hosting viral inclusions. | *Infection will consist of a vast amount of cellular necrosis across the retina; with the enlargement of infected cells, evidently hosting viral inclusions. | ||
*CMV retinitis, post-treatment, will commonly persist on the previously scarred, retinal tissue. <ref name= "AAO"> American Academy of Ophthalmology. Pathophysiology of CMV Retinitis. http://www.aao.org/focalpointssnippetdetail.aspx?id=bc891841-b847-4210-a66b-2bb28d1ef1bf. Accessed April 12, 2016. </ref> | *CMV retinitis, post-treatment, will commonly persist on the previously scarred, retinal tissue. | ||
*Progression of infection may result in the development of small holes across previously scarred and healed tissue. | |||
*Formation of these tiny holes may result in rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. <ref name="AAO">American Academy of Ophthalmology. Pathophysiology of CMV Retinitis. http://www.aao.org/focalpointssnippetdetail.aspx?id=bc891841-b847-4210-a66b-2bb28d1ef1bf. Accessed April 12, 2016. </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Pathophysiology
Cytomegalovirus
- Retinitis, caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV), involves the infection of all layers of the retinal tissue.
- Spread of the the infection will occur at approximately 24 nanometers per day.
- Primarily infected areas include the RPE and the subjacent choroid.
- Infection will consist of a vast amount of cellular necrosis across the retina; with the enlargement of infected cells, evidently hosting viral inclusions.
- CMV retinitis, post-treatment, will commonly persist on the previously scarred, retinal tissue.
- Progression of infection may result in the development of small holes across previously scarred and healed tissue.
- Formation of these tiny holes may result in rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. [1]
References
- ↑ American Academy of Ophthalmology. Pathophysiology of CMV Retinitis. http://www.aao.org/focalpointssnippetdetail.aspx?id=bc891841-b847-4210-a66b-2bb28d1ef1bf. Accessed April 12, 2016.