title: Acute cytomegalovirus infection and transient carotid intimal-medial thickening in a young, otherwise healthy woman.
abstract: Carotid intimal-medial thickening was observed in a 23-year-old woman with acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The thickening disappeared after her recovery from the infection. As endothelial cells are common targets of CMV, this thickening suggests that CMV infection causes vascular lesions, even in otherwise healthy individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology & Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. y_hirabayashi@doctor.nifty.jp
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodera
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Munakata
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G