Abstract
Abstract Most cases of uveitis involve the anterior compartment with resultant iritis, cyclitis, or iridocyclitis. Usually, they are either associated with an autoimmune condition or relegated as idiopathic. Approximately 10% of the time an infectious disease etiology is determined to be the cause, in which case, herpes simplex virus and less often varicella zoster virus are the pathogens. Traditionally, cytomegalovirus ocular infections present with retinitis or acute retinal necrosis and almost always in immunocompromised hosts (eg, AIDS), We present a case of chronic cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis in an immunocompetent man diagnosed only after failing the treatment of presumed herpes simplex virus infection and the epidemiology, proposed mechanism of infection, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, and treatment of this less well-recognized infection in patients with adequate immune systems.
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