Rare manifestation of CMV infection - circular stenosis of the stomach

Vnitr Lek. 2020 Winter;66(8):47-50.

Abstract

This article reports a case of a female patient who presented with epigastric pain. Further investigations confirmed CMV infection as a cause of stenosing gastric ulcer. In this case treatment with a proton pump inhibitor and antivirotic treatment led to a full recovery. Orgain manifestation of CMV infection if often in immunocompromitant hosts and it is, on the contratry, relatively rare in immunocompetent adults.

Keywords: Gastritis; cytomegalovirus; immunocompetent..

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Adult
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections* / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Stomach Ulcer* / complications