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==Overview== | |||
Signs associated with retinitis will vary according to the underlying condition responsible for the disease. Genetic defects will result in a genetic disorder known as Retinitis pigmentosa. | |||
==Physical Examination== | |||
===Genetic=== | |||
====Retinitis Pigmentosa==== | |||
*<ref name="US GEN">Retinitis Pigmentosa. U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://www.genome.gov/13514348 </ref> | |||
===Infectious Agents=== | |||
====Cytomegalovirus==== | |||
<ref name= "ret phys"> Infectious Retinitis: A Review. YACHNA AHUJA, MD · STEVEN M. COUCH, MD · RAYMUND R. RAZONABLE, MD · SOPHIE J. BAKRI, MD. http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=102293. Accessed April 13, 2016. </ref> | |||
====Tuberculosis==== | |||
<ref name= "ret phys"> Infectious Retinitis: A Review. YACHNA AHUJA, MD · STEVEN M. COUCH, MD · RAYMUND R. RAZONABLE, MD · SOPHIE J. BAKRI, MD. http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=102293. Accessed April 13, 2016. </ref> | |||
====Fungal==== | |||
=====''Candida albicans''===== | |||
<ref name= "ret phys"> Infectious Retinitis: A Review. YACHNA AHUJA, MD · STEVEN M. COUCH, MD · RAYMUND R. RAZONABLE, MD · SOPHIE J. BAKRI, MD. http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=102293. Accessed April 13, 2016. </ref> | |||
====''Aspergillus fumigatus''==== | |||
*Rapid progression of vision loss | |||
*Retinal vessel thrombosis, infarction, and necrosis | |||
====''Cryptococcus neoformans''==== | |||
====Toxoplasmosis==== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Signs associated with retinitis will vary according to the underlying condition responsible for the disease. Genetic defects will result in a genetic disorder known as Retinitis pigmentosa.
Physical Examination
Genetic
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Infectious Agents
Cytomegalovirus
[2]
Tuberculosis
[2]
Fungal
Candida albicans
Aspergillus fumigatus
- Rapid progression of vision loss
- Retinal vessel thrombosis, infarction, and necrosis
Cryptococcus neoformans
Toxoplasmosis
References
- ↑ Retinitis Pigmentosa. U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://www.genome.gov/13514348
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Infectious Retinitis: A Review. YACHNA AHUJA, MD · STEVEN M. COUCH, MD · RAYMUND R. RAZONABLE, MD · SOPHIE J. BAKRI, MD. http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=102293. Accessed April 13, 2016.