title: Cytomegalovirus involving gastric antrum in immunocompromised hosts: a report of 5 cases.
abstract: Cytomegalovirus infection, which is common in immunosuppressed patients, only rarely affects the stomach, especially the gastric antrum. We report five patients with cytomegalovirus infection of the stomach with antral involvement. Of these, four had undergone renal transplant and one had HIV infection. All patients presented with upper gastrointestinal symptoms that did not respond to proton pump inhibitors and prokinetic drugs. In addition, all had systemic symptoms. Diagnosis was made at upper GI endoscopy and biopsy, and ganciclovir treatment led to improvement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai 400 016, India.
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Ameet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandot
authors.forename: Devendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011706:Pyloric Antrum; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000821:virology*