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PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 12   Infections Due to DNA Viruses

182 Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus Types 6, 7, and 8
Martin S. Hirsch

Figure 182-1  Cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with AIDS may appear as an arcuate zone of retinitis with hemorrhages and optic disk swelling. Often CMV is confined to the retinal periphery, beyond view of the direct ophthalmoscope.
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