| Literature DB >> 32010895 |
Önay Gerçik1, Dilek Solmaz1, Şebnem Karasu2, Neşe Ekinci3, Servet Akar1.
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus infection, which can occur as a result of reactivation due to immunosuppressive treatment in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis, is a serious condition that should be kept in mind because of its fatal course. In this article, we report a 49-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis who developed a life-threatening colonic ulcer due to cytomegalovirus colitis and a shrunken spleen with irregular contours that was detected on abdominal computed tomography. This is a rare case of cytomegalovirus disease in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis and splenic necrosis.Entities:
Keywords: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis; Wegener granulomatosis; cytomegalovirus; granulomatosis with polyangiitis; infarct; splenic
Year: 2019 PMID: 32010895 PMCID: PMC6974381 DOI: 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2019.7306
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Rheumatol ISSN: 2148-5046 Impact factor: 1.472