Table 1.

A brief review of some of the recent reports of CMV retinitis in immunocompetent patients. (Abbreviations: Diabetes mellitus (DM), injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA), central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO))

case (Reference)	Age	Laterality	Systemic and ocular history	Manifestation	Treatment	Initial visual acuity	Final visual acuity
1 [1]	61	Right eye	None	Fine keratic precipitates, 1+ aqueous cells, mild vitritis, patches of hemorrhagic retinitis and perivascular sheathing	Intravitreal ganciclovir followed by oral valganciclovir	4/20	8/20
2 [9]	51	Both eyes	None	Fine keratic precipitates, 1+ aqueous cell, and flare, 1+ vitritis in both eyes, areas of confluent retinitis and hemorrhage and peripheral necrosis and fibrosis	Oral valganciclovir	20/60 (right eye) and 20/50 (left eye)	20/70 (right eye) and 20/60 (left eye)
3 [5]	75	Left eye	Diabetes mellitus (DM), intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA)	The rare cell in the anterior chamber, no vitreous cells, arcuate retinal whitening (which appeared full-thickness) along the temporal vascular arcades	Intravitreal ganciclovir followed by oral valganciclovir	20/80	20/400
4 [2]	77	Right eye	DM, IVTA	Fine keratic precipitates, 2 + vitritis, foci of oedematous retinitis with dense retinal whitening, hemorrhages and inflammatory retinal vascular sheathing	Intravitreal injection of ganciclovir + intravenous administration of ganciclovir followed by oral valganciclovir	counting fingers at 1.8 m	20/200
5 [2]	69	Right eye	DM, central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), Vitrectomy surgery, IVTA	Keratic precipitates, 2 + cells in the anterior chamber, moderate vitritis, necrotizing retinitis extending throughout the entire retina with hemorrhages, retinal opacification and periphlebitis	Intravitreal injection of ganciclovir + intravenous administration of ganciclovir followed by oral valganciclovir	20/200	20/400
6 [3]	54	Left eye	Carrier of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1, DM, CRVO, vitrectomy surgery, IVTA	Small granulomatous keratic precipitates, 1+ aqueous cell and flare, 1+ vitritis, papillitis, retinal vasculitis, and retinal exudates	Intravenous injections of ganciclovir + Intravitreous injections of foscarnet	1.0	0.5
7 [10]	78	Right eye	IVTA	Keratic precipitates, 2+ cells in the anterior chamber and moderate vitritis, hemorrhagic sheathing of branch arteries, inflammatory vascular sheathings in the periphery and areas of retinal whitening in the peripheral superior nasal part	Intravitreous injections of ganciclovir + intravenous ganciclovir followed by oral valganciclovir	20/40	20/25
8 [4]	61	Left eye	DM, intravitreal injection of bevacizumab	4+ cells and in the anterior chamber, dense vitritis and retinal vascular obliteration, necrotizing retinitis with dense retinal whitening and hemorrhage	Intravenous administration of ganciclovir	Hand motions	Not reported
9 [6]	75	Left eye	DM, intravitreal injection of ranibizumab	Mild anterior segment inflammation, low-grade vitritis, and foci of retinitis in the peripheral fundus along with retinal and subretinal hemorrhages, exudates, and macular edema	Intravitreal ganciclovir	4/10	5/10
10 [11]	74	Right eye	Multiple intraocular surgeries, long-term use of immunosuppressive eye drops such as corticosteroids and cyclosporine	No inflammatory cells in the anterior chamber or the anterior vitreous, confluent exudate the entire peripheral retina	Intravenous ganciclovir+ intravitreal ganciclovir injections followed by oral valganciclovir	Hand motions	Not reported