Literature DB >> 17366040

Portal hypertension caused by acute cytomegalovirus infection with liver involvement in an immunocompetent patient.

Konstantina Tzavella1, Anestis Zantidis, Ippolyti Economou, Kalliopi Mandraveli, Stella Alexiou-Daniel, Athanasios Dimitriadis, Dimitrios Karamitsos.   

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.

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Year:  2007        PMID: 17366040     DOI: 10.1080/00365540600794410

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Scand J Infect Dis        ISSN: 0036-5548


  3 in total

1.  Cytomegalovirus hepatitis and pancreatitis in the immunocompetent.

Authors:  Aaron Chan; Fateh Bazerbachi; Brian Hanson; M Chadi Alraies; Alisa Duran-Nelson
Journal:  Ochsner J       Date:  2014

2.  Severe exertional dyspnea as the prime manifestation of acute cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult.

Authors:  E D Pagourelias; A Papageorgiou; E Basayannis; V G Athyros; A Karagiannis; P Zorou; P Geleris
Journal:  Hippokratia       Date:  2009-07       Impact factor: 0.471

Review 3.  Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Hosts.

Authors:  Teresa Da Cunha; George Y Wu
Journal:  J Clin Transl Hepatol       Date:  2021-01-04
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