title: [Cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent patient complicated with pulmonary embolism and mimicking giant cell arteritis associated with polymyalgia rheumatica].
abstract: Cytomegalovirus infection is generally asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients but can also provide a wide spectrum of clinical and biological signs. We report the case of a cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult mimicking giant cell arteritis associated with polymyalgia rheumatica and complicated with pulmonary embolism. We review and discuss the venous prothrombic properties of CMV in immunocompetent patients.
authors.affiliation: Service de médicine interne, diabète et maladies métaboliques, clinique médicale B, hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wirtz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Federici
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andrès
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology