Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of eight elderly, immunocompromised, non-HIV-infected patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis

Case	Age/sex/eye	Concurrent illnesses/therapy	Months from onset to RAO	Retinitis extent at RAO zone (clock hours)	Diagnostic method	Vascular event (vision in affected eye)
8	83/M/OD	DM, renal transplant, azathioprine, methylprednisolone, shingles	0	Zone I-III (3)	Aqueous PCR+ CMV	CRAO (1/200)
9	60M/OD	Myasthenia gravis, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, DM, CD4 + T lymph 72, peripheral vascular disease	NA	Zone II-III (3)	Aqueous PCR+ CMV	None (20/40)
10	60/F/OD	DM, pemphigus vulgaris, corticosteroids, IVK	NA	Zone I-III (6)	Aqueous PCR + CMV	HRVO 11 months before CMVR (HM)
11	63/F/OU	Systemic vasculitis, cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids	NA	OD Zone I-III (3), OS Zone I (1)	PCR + CMV	None (OD 20/50, OS 20/20)
12	89/M/OS	Hypersensitivity pneumonia, corticosteroids, steroid-induced DM, CAD	NA	Zone III (4)	Aqueous PCR+ CMV	Zone I sheathing without occlusion (20/30)
13	70/F/OU	CLL, chemotherapy, BMT	NA	OD Zone II (1), OS Zone I-III (2)	Aqueous PCR+ CMV	None (OD 20/30, OS CF)
14	87/M/OU	Kidney transplant, cyclosporine, prednisone	NA	OD Zones II-III (1), OS Zone II-III (1)	Aqueous PCR+ CMV	None (20/40 OU)
15	66/M/OU	Lymphoma, chemotherapy	NA	Zone I-III (OD 6, OS 4)	Aqueous PCR+ CMV	None (OD 20/20, OS 20/60)

BMT, bone marrow transplant; CAD; coronary artery disease; CF, counting fingers; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CMV, cytomegalovirus; DM, diabetes mellitus; F, female; HM, hand motions; IVK, intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide; M, male; NA, not applicable; OD, right eye; OS, left eye; OU both eyes; PCR+, positive result by polymerase chain reaction; RAO, retinal arteriolar occlusion; Zone, anatomic area of retina involved with retinitis; Zone I, arcade to arcade with 1 disc diameter border around optic nerve; Zone II, arcades to equator; Zone III, equator to ora.