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Document 0344
DOCN M9650344
TI Cytomegalovirus colitis mimicking colon carcinoma in an HIV-negative
patient with chronic renal failure.
DT 9605
AU Falagas ME; Griffiths J; Prekezes J; Worthington M; Department of
Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center at Boston,; Massachusetts
02135, USA.
SO Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Jan;91(1):168-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96145310
AB Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis is thought to occur almost exclusively in
immunosuppressed persons. Colonoscopy in patients with CMV colitis
usually shows diffuse or localized ulceration, although mucosal
friability, erosions, hemorrhage, and plaque-like pseudomembranes may be
observed. We report on a patient with chronic renal failure undergoing
hemodialysis therapy who had abdominal symptoms, including bloody
diarrhea, along with colonoscopic findings suggestive of carcinoma of
the colon. The patient was not infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus and had normal lymphocyte subset numbers. He was subsequently
found to have invasive CMV disease of the colon. CMV colitis can occur
in persons who are not severely immunosuppressed, and its colonoscopic
appearance may mimic that of colon cancer.
DE Carcinoma/*DIAGNOSIS Case Report Colitis/*DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY Colonic
Neoplasms/*DIAGNOSIS Colonoscopy Cytomegalovirus
Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY Diagnosis, Differential Human *HIV
Seronegativity Kidney Failure, Chronic/*COMPLICATIONS Male Middle Age
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW OF REPORTED CASES
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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