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- Title
Cytomegalovirus colitis--an unusual cause for diarrhoea in an elderly woman.
- Authors
Lockwood, M. Rose; Liddle, Jane; Kitsanta, Panagiota
- Abstract
Background: clinically apparent cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is uncommon in the immunocompetent host, despite the high seroprevalence rate of CMV in the general population. Case report: here, we report the case of CMV colitis in an immunocompetent elderly woman who developed a large pulmonary embolism during her illness. Discussion: the diagnosis of CMV colitis is made on histological examination of biopsy specimens obtained at sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. Extensive CMV disease can be accompanied by vascular thrombosis.
- Publication
Age & Ageing, 2006, Vol 35, Issue 2, p198
- ISSN
0002-0729
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1093/ageing/afj038