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Cytomegalovirus‐associated ileal stricture in a preterm neonate
Author(s) -
Srinivasjois Ravisha M,
Kava Maina P,
Thomas Anitha,
Rao Shripada C
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01260.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enteritis , cytomegalovirus , histopathology , enterocolitis , complication , gastrointestinal tract , necrotizing enterocolitis , disease , cytomegalovirus infections , gastroenterology , pathology , human cytomegalovirus , virus , viral disease , herpesviridae , immunology
Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of post‐natally acquired cytomegalovirus (CMV) in preterm neonates can vary from mild diarrhoea to severe necrotising enterocolitis. However, the suspicion of CMV‐related GI disease remains low. Mild CMV disease localised to the GI tract may go undiagnosed initially until a more obvious complication such as strictures manifest. A case of CMV‐associated enteritis in an extremely preterm neonate is presented. The diagnosis was established after the histopathology of the surgical specimen showed the presence of CMV inclusion bodies. Testing the stool specimen for CMV to establish the diagnosis when the pathology is limited to the GI tract is also discussed.