Portal hypertension caused by acute cytomegalovirus infection with liver involvement in an immunocompetent patient.
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.
Tzavella
Konstantina
K
First Propedeutic Medical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. ktzavell@med.auth.gr
Zantidis
Anestis
A
Economou
Ippolyti
I
Mandraveli
Kalliopi
K
Alexiou-Daniel
Stella
S
Dimitriadis
Athanasios
A
Karamitsos
Dimitrios
D
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