Open AccessCYTOMEGALOVIRUS COLITIS MIMICKING A COLONIC NEOPLASM OR ISCHEMIC COLITIS 4 YEARS AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
M. Crespo,
F Arnal,
Manuel Gómez,
Lorenzo Monserrat,
Francisco Suárez,
José A. Rodríguez,
María Paniagua,
M.a Teresa Cuesta,
Alberto Juffé,
Alfonso Castro-beiras
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199812150-00023
Subject(s) - medicine , colitis , ischemic colitis , malignancy , cytomegalovirus , heart transplantation , transplantation , pathology , etiology , gastroenterology , herpesviridae , viral disease , immunology , virus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis is a polymorphous disease presenting in immunodepressed patients in a variety of clinical forms that can delay diagnosis and therapy. We report the case of a patient who presented with abdominal pain 4 years after heart transplantation; clinical and x-ray findings were suggestive of a neoplastic or ischemic stenosis, and histopathological examination likewise initially suggested an ischemic etiology.