[Bilateral uveitis with definitive hypotony caused by systemic cidofovir]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 2003 Sep;26(7):717-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a 52-year-old man with AIDS and CMV bilateral retinitis, treated first with ganciclovir (cymevan) and then with cidofovir. During the treatment, the patient complained of a sharp decrease in visual acuity. Cycloplegics and topical corticosteroids were given. Then cidofovir was stopped and replaced with intravenous Foscavir because of the clinical inefficacy. The anterior uveitis resolved but the ciliary secretion has not stopped after 12 months of follow-up. The patient presented +11 hypermetropia with a choroidal edema and bilateral cataract. This case is interesting for its permanent hypotony and bilateral uveitis. A literature search has brought out a rate of only 3% of chronic hypotony. We hypothesize bilateral iatrogenic ciliary body necrosis, as described in the animal models.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Cidofovir
  • Ciliary Body / drug effects*
  • Ciliary Body / pathology
  • Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / drug therapy
  • Cytosine / administration & dosage
  • Cytosine / adverse effects*
  • Cytosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Foscarnet / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Ocular Hypotension / chemically induced*
  • Ocular Hypotension / physiopathology
  • Organophosphonates*
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / adverse effects*
  • Uveitis, Anterior / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Organophosphonates
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Foscarnet
  • Cytosine
  • Cidofovir