title: Gastro-intestinal cytomegalovirus infection and extensive colonic ulceration in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: Cytomegalic inclusion disease is a common complication in recipients of organ transplants. In renal transplant recipients, the disease involves the lungs more often than it does the gastrointestinal tract. We report on a recipient of a cadaveric kidney who had cytomegalic inclusion disease that involved both the upper and lower gastro-intestinal tract, and massive gastro-intestinal bleeding that was caused by a large colonic ulcer. Despite treatment with ganciclovir and cytomegalovirus-specific immunoglobulin, the patient died from subsequent complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Laichikok, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H WH
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lam