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Gastric cytomegalovirus infection in bone marrow transplant patients: An indication of generalized disease
Author(s) -
Strayer David S.,
Phillips Gordon B.,
Barker Kendall H.,
Winokur Thomas,
DeschryverKecskemeti Katherine
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810915)48:6<1478::aid-cncr2820480633>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , cytomegalovirus infection , pneumonitis , bone marrow transplant , bone marrow , opportunistic infection , bone marrow transplantation , immunology , herpesviridae , viral disease , virus , lung , human cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus infection in immunosuppressed patients is well known. It usually appears as an interstitial pneumonitis that may progress to a disseminated viral infection. The authors report on two patients who, after bone marrow transplantation, had signs and symptoms of gastric ulceration as the initial manifestation of cytomegalovirus infection. Both died with disseminated cytomegalovirus infection. Though gastric presentation is unusual for cytomegalovirus infection, epigastric pain and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a bone marrow transplant patient may herald a potentially lethal viral infection.