Acute cytomegalovirus infection and transient carotid intimal-medial thickening in a young, otherwise healthy woman.
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.
Hirabayashi
Yasuhiko
Y
Department of Rheumatology & Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. y_hirabayashi@doctor.nifty.jp
Ishii
Tomonori
T
Kodera
Takao
T
Fujii
Hiroshi
H
Munakata
Yasuhiko
Y
Sasaki
Takeshi
T
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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G