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Ophthalmology Miscellaneous a179f061

Ocular findings in AIDS are all except-

A
>50% of patients have cotton wool spots
B
Kaposi sarcoma of eyelids
C
Roth spots
D
Cotton wool spots harbours CMV
High-Yield Explanation
*Cotton wool spots are just retinal nerve fibre layer infarct (they do not harbour any organism) Ocular findings in AIDS:- *Ocular manifestations of AIDS may be seen in up to 70-90% of patients. *Most common are cotton wool spots, CMV retinitis and conjunctival/ eyelid kaposi sarcoma. *50-70% of HIV- Infected patients develop HIV retinopathy which has following findings: 1) Cotton- wool spots 2) Intraretinal hemorrhage 3) Roth spots 4) Retinal microaneurysms. Ref: Yanoff & ducker 4th/e p.628

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