Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric Menetrier's disease by in situ hybridization.
A previously healthy 7-year-old boy presented with a protein-losing enteropathy secondary to a hypertrophic gastropathy. The diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was established by detection of CMV inclusion bodies in gastric biopsy samples and by hybridization with a CMV probe. This report further strengthens the association between CMV and pediatric Menetrier's disease.
Hochman
J A
JA
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
Witte
D P
DP
Cohen
M B
MB
D002648:Child; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male