[Cytomegalovirus retinitis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: a case report and literature review].

OBJECTIVE

To report a case with cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). A review of the literature and possible mechanisms were presented.

METHODS

Case report and literature review.

RESULTS

The patient received large dose of immunosuppressants after allo-BMT appeared CMV infection. There were bleeding and effusion around the ocular vessels. The patient improved after anti-CMV therapy.

CONCLUSION

Patients who undergone allo-BMT were in immunosuppressed condition, when continuous CMV antigenemia and antigenuremia were detected, associated with characteristic change in retinitis, CMVR could be diagnosed.