Histologically proved systemic infections and neoplasms (%) and concomitant ocular involvement in our series compared to two other studies
| Pathology | This study (73 patients) | Pepose (35 patients) | De Girolami (25 patients) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | S+E | E | S | S+E | E | S | S+E | E | |
| P carinii | 18 (24.6) | — | — | 26 (74) | — | — | 18 (72) | — | — |
| CMV | 42 (57.5) | 15 (20.5) | 6 (8.2) | 25 (71.4) | 12 (34.2) | — | 9 (36) | 5 (20) | 3 (12) |
| Cryptococcus | 5 (6.8) | 4 (5.4) | — | 5 (14.2) | 2 (5.7) | — | 2 (8) | — | — |
| T gondii | 1 (1.3) | — | — | 1 (2.8) | — | — | 12 (48) | 1 (4) | — |
| Mycobacteria | 19 (26)3 4 5 | — | — | 12 (34.2) | 2 (5.7) | — | 3 (12) | — | — |
| HSV | 2 (2.7) | — | — | 11 (31.4) | 1 (2.8) | — | nr | — | — |
| VZV | — | — | — | 4 (11.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Candida spp | 23 (31.5) | — | — | 14 (40) | — | — | nr | _ | — |
| Aspergillus | 2 (2.7) | — | — | 2 (5.7) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Histoplasma | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bacteria | 32 (43.8) | 1 (1.3) | — | 5 (14.2) | — | — | 2 (8) | — | — |
| Nocardia | — | — | — | 1 (2.8) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lymphoma | 10 (13.6) | — | — | 1 (2.8) | — | — | 2 (8) | 1 (4) | — |
| Kaposi's sarcoma9 | 25 (34.2) | —10 | — | nr | — | 3 (8.5)11 | 11 (44) | — | — |
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S = systemic, S+E = systemic+eye, E = eye only, nr = not reported,
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↵including cerebral CMV,
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↵cerebral only,
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↵ M avium intracellulare,
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M kansasii,
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M tuberculosis,
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↵six cerebral and two systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) + two Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL),
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↵one cerebral NHL,
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↵two cerebral and one systemic NHL,9cutaneous and visceral,
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10two cutaneous involvement of eyelids,
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11conjunctival.
