Cytomegalovirus-associated gastric ulcer.
A patients with a cytomegalovirus (CMV) post-transfusion syndrome developed upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding; subsequently, a gastric ulcer was found. CMV was searched for in the gastroscopic biopsy material because the gastric ulcer had occurred in a setting of CMV mononucleosis. CMV cells were found in gastroscopic biopsy sections and CMV was also cultured from biopsy material. This study illustrates the feasibility of antemortem diagnosis of CMV-associated disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology