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HIV/AIDS and the Eye Teaching Set

Author: Philippe Kestelyn
Publisher: ICEH
Date: 2001
Description: HIV infection and AIDS affect all the body systems and include the eye and its adnexae. This teaching set introduces the disease, describing modes of transmission, prevention, the clinical disease and then eye involvement. Ocular complications discussed include minor opportunistic infections (e.g., molluscum contagiosum, warts) and tumours (e.g., Kaposi's sarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma) and retinal microvasculopathy (e.g., cotton-wool spots, cytomegalovirus retinopathy). The differential diagnosis of CMV retinis highlights retinitis due to toxoplasmosis and acute retinal necrosis (ARN) and PORN associated with herpes zoster. Further images and text consider HlV/AIDS and the eye in relation to syphilis, tuberculosis and neuro-ophthalmic disease. The conclusion of the study pack contrasts HIV/AIDS in children and adults and reviews the risks of transmission between patients and from patient to eye care provider.