Cytomegalovirus as a cause of cecal ulcer with massive hemorrhage in a renal transplant recipient.
Although cytomegalovirus disease following renal transplantation occurs frequently, ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract are not common. This report describes a patient with a single large cecal ulcer, with cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies located in the ulcer bed. The patient presented with massive rectal bleeding necessitating a right hemicolectomy. No other manifestations of systemic cytomegalovirus disease were present in this patient.
D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D003082:Colectomy; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012007:Rectum; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology