title: Portal hypertension caused by acute cytomegalovirus infection with liver involvement in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Primary infection by cytomegalovirus in immunocompetent patients is usually unapparent. We report a case of severe acute cytomegalovirus infection in a young immunocompetent male with pulmonary and hepatic involvement and portal hypertension who recovered without specific antiviral therapy with complete resolution of sonographic signs of portal hypertension after 6 months.
authors: First Propedeutic Medical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. ktzavell@med.auth.gr
authors: Konstantina
authors: K
authors: Tzavella
authors: Anestis
authors: A
authors: Zantidis
authors: Ippolyti
authors: I
authors: Economou
authors: Kalliopi
authors: K
authors: Mandraveli
authors: Stella
authors: S
authors: Alexiou-Daniel
authors: Athanasios
authors: A
authors: Dimitriadis
authors: Dimitrios
authors: D
authors: Karamitsos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male