Case report: cytomegalovirus infection as a cause of acute portal vein thrombosis.
We report on the case of a 31-year-old woman who developed acute portal vein thrombosis during the course of an acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. We suggest a relationship between CMV infection, its endothelial cell-damaging effects and portal vein thrombosis.
Inacio
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Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
Hillaire
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Valla
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Denninger
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Casadevall
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Erlinger
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D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*