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7951862

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, which has been shown to complicate the course of ulcerative colitis (UC), has been implicated as a possible etiologic factor in the exacerbation of UC, especially in toxic megacolon. However, CMV infection in patients with UC accompanied by toxic megacolon has rarely been reported. Here we report a case of CMV infection of the colon accompanied by toxic megacolon occurring in UC. A 38-year-old woman had been treated with intravenous hydrocortisone, rectal steroid, and central venous alimentation for 6 weeks under the diagnosis of UC. She was transferred to Akita University Hospital because of increasing bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain. Toxic megacolon was identified by examinations on admission, and she underwent a total colectomy. Examination of the surgical specimen showed severe inflammation of the colon. Microscopically, cytomegalic inclusions were observed in and around the endothelial cells in the inflamed submucosal layer. It can be assumed that CMV infection was a secondary, opportunistic invader superimposed on UC, and that it played an important role in altering the clinical course of the patient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0944-1174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A case of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis associated with cytomegalovirus infection.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports