Open AccessGastrointestinal lesions in parvovirus B19 infection
Author(s) -
Davide Tassinari,
Giorgio Gallinella,
Nunzio Salfi,
Daniela Elleri,
Sara Forti,
Francesca Bonvicini,
Filippo Bernardi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.10.2008.1058
Subject(s) - parvovirus , medicine , pathology , parvoviridae , biopsy , bone marrow , pharyngitis , virology , immunology , virus
A 13-year-old girl with persistent fever, pharyngitis, acute anaemia, peripheral blood and bone marrow positive for parvovirus B19 DNA.Microscopic findings of gastrointestinal biopsy showed diffuse vacuolar alteration of the cytoplasma of duodenal enterocytes and virological analysis demonstrated the presence of parvovirus in lymphocytes of the duodenal wall's epithelial layer.In unexplained gastrointestinal pathologies, the role of parvovirus B19 infection should be investigated.