Ocular findings in AIDS are all except-
*Cotton wool spots are just retinal nerve fibre layer infarct (they do not harbour any organism) Ocular findings in AIDS:- *Ocular manifestations of AIDS may be seen in up to 70-90% of patients. *Most common are cotton wool spots, CMV retinitis and conjunctival/ eyelid kaposi sarcoma. *50-70% of HIV- Infected patients develop HIV retinopathy which has following findings: 1) Cotton- wool spots 2) Intraretinal hemorrhage 3) Roth spots 4) Retinal microaneurysms. Ref: Yanoff & ducker 4th/e p.628
>50% of patients have cotton wool spots
Kaposi sarcoma of eyelids
Roth spots
Cotton wool spots harbours CMV
Miscellaneous