Frosted branch angiitis as an immune recovery response in newly diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and systemic cytomegalovirus infection

Elisa Huynh; Argyrios Chronopoulos; James Scott Schutz; Bernd Claus; Marwa Erwemi; Hermann Krastel; Lars-Olof Hattenbach

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6895

Frosted branch angiitis as an immune recovery response in newly diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and systemic cytomegalovirus infection

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 3;11(2):e6895. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6895. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Elisa Huynh¹, Argyrios Chronopoulos¹, James Scott Schutz¹, Bernd Claus², Marwa Erwemi³, Hermann Krastel³, Lars-Olof Hattenbach¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology Ludwigshafen Hospital Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine A Ludwigshafen Hospital Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg Mannheim Germany.

Abstract

Frosted branch angiitis (FBA) is an uncommon form of severe retinal perivasculitis associated with systemic inflammatory/infectious diseases. In this report, we describe a case of FBA and macular edema as a result of immune recovery response in a patient newly diagnosed with HIV infection and cytomegalovirus viremia.

Keywords: HIV; HIV‐retinitis; cytomegalovirus retinitis; frosted branch angiitis; inflammatory cells in the vitreous; macular edema; retinal vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports