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CASE REPORT: Cytomegalovirus infection as a cause of acute portal vein thrombosis
Author(s) -
INACIO CRISTINA,
HILLAIRE SOPHIE,
VALLA DOMINIQUE,
DENNINGER MARIEHÉLÈNE,
CASADEVALL NICOLE,
ERLINGER SERGE
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00423.x
Subject(s) - medicine , portal vein thrombosis , thrombosis , cytomegalovirus , portal vein , cytomegalovirus infection , deep vein , vein , surgery , herpesviridae , immunology , virus , viral disease , human cytomegalovirus
We report on the case of a 31‐year‐old woman who developed acute portal vein thrombosis during the course of an acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. We suggest a relationship between CMV infection, its endothelial cell‐damaging effects and portal vein thrombosis.