title: Case report: cytomegalovirus infection as a cause of acute portal vein thrombosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inacio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hillaire
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valla
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Denninger
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Casadevall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erlinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*