Eye Damage at the Terminal Stage of HIV Infection. Clinical Case

Nowadays, 37.9 million people live with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the world, while about 8.1 million are not aware of their HIV-status. Chronic inflammation with damage to all organs and systems, including the organ of vision, is characteristic of HIVinfection. Often, diseases occur atypically against a background of reduced immunity that is why any doctor, including an ophthalmologist, should be ready to treat such patients.The purpose. To present a clinical case of eye damage in a patient with terminal stage of HIV-infection.Мethods. According to the Perm Regional Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, a retrospective analysis of medical records of the HIV-infected patient S. with the eye damage and fatal outcome was made.Results. The diagnosis of HIV-infection was first established in the presence of ophthalmological disease. The lack of timely diagnosis and adequate treatment led to the death of the patient.