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Right eye prior to treatment.
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Intense retinitis with focal areas of haemorrhage was present nasally (Figure 1).
Left eye prior to treatment.
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There was mild pallor of the left optic disc with macula and peripheral granular retinitis (Figure 2).
Right eye 2 weeks after IV ganciclovir.
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IV ganciclovir 75mg (6mg/kg) 12 hourly was started and good response was noted after 2 weeks of therapy (Figure 3).
Right eye after completion of 8 weeks of IV ganciclovir (a). Left eye after completion of 8 weeks of IV ganciclovir (b).
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The treatment was continued for 8 weeks until the retinitis lesions had healed with scarring (Figure 4).