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. 2021 Mar 18;14(3):468-471.
doi: 10.18240/ijo.2021.03.22. eCollection 2021.

Severe Cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis and corneal endotheliitis after use of topical tacrolimus

Yukiko Tsubota  1 , Yujiro Fujino  1 , Kazuyoshi Ohtomo  1 , Koji Ueda  2 , Junko Yoshida  2   3 , Takashi Miyai  2 , Toshikatsu Kaburaki  2   4 , Chihiro Mayama  1
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Severe Cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis and corneal endotheliitis after use of topical tacrolimus

Yukiko Tsubota et al. Int J Ophthalmol. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Slit-lamp photographs of the anterior segment of the left eye in Case 1 before administration of ganciclovir and valganciclovir showed the presence of moderate hyperemia of the conjunctiva, corneal epithelial edema, and highly pigmented keratic precipitates (KPs; A), and massive broad pigmented KPs in the inferior part of the cornea at higher magnification (B).
Figure 2
Figure 2. Slit-lamp photographs of the anterior segment of the left eye in Case 1 after 3mo' treatment of ganciclovir and valganciclovir showed the absence of pigmented KPs.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Slit-lamp photographs of the anterior segment of the left eye in Case 2 before administration of valganciclovir showed the presence of intensive hyperemia of the conjunctiva, pigmented KPs, and Mooren's ulcer (A), the massive broad pigmented KPs in the inferior part of the cornea (B), and a thin, non-vascular, and pigmented filtering bleb at the superior limbus (C).
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