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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:510-512.

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Hypogammaglobulinemia and secondary systemic opportunistic infections are recognized associations in patients with thymoma,¹ and the simultaneous occurrence of thymoma and hypogammaglobulinemia is referred to as Good syndrome.²

We report herein the presentation, clinical course, and outcome of 2 consecutive patients with vitreous biopsy–proved cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis associated with thymoma and immunodeficiency but with no evidence of other systemic CMV infection.

Report of Cases

Case 1

A 45-year-old woman was referred to Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England, in November 1998 with a 2-month history of bilateral posterior uveitis that was not responding to topical treatment. The patient had no history of ocular disease, and her medical history included a thymoma treated by excision and postoperative radiotherapy in 1996, myasthenia gravis (positive acetylcholine receptor antibody), vasculitis (p–anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positive) with mild renal impairment, and recurrent chest infections. She also had had a recent episode of chicken pox before the onset of ocular symptoms. The patient . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case 2

Comment
Corresponding author and reprints: Susan Lightman, PhD, FRCP, FRCOphth, FMedSci, Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London EC1V 2PD, England (e-mail: s.lightman@ucl.ac.uk).