title: Cytomegalovirus-induced colonic stricture presenting as acute intestinal obstruction in an immunocompetent adult.
abstract: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection causes significant morbidty and mortality in immunopromised patients. Though it is usually silent in immunocompetent adults, rarely it can cause serious life-threatening complications. Gastrointestinal tract is one of the commonly involved organs, where it produces a spectrum of clinical manifestation ranging from mild non-specific abdominal pain and diarrhoea to severe infection with toxic megacolon and death. We present a 65-year-old immunocompetent male patient admitted with acute colonic obstruction secondary to CMV-induced colonic stricture, highlighting the importance of considering it as a differential diagnosis for colonic obstruction and reviewing its management.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Dinesh
authors.forename: Karthikeyan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Selvaraju
authors.forename: Sampath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Sumath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thota
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
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