Pulmonary embolism and portal vein thrombosis in an immunocompetent adolescent with acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis.
J Thromb Thrombolysis
; 28(4): 496-9, 2009 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-19116696
ABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus infection is usually asymptomatic or resembles infectious mononucleosis with fever, pharyngitis, arthralgias, lymphadenopathy, and atypical lymphocytosis. Even though primary CMV infection is usually self-limited in healthy individuals, significant complications can develop in immunocompromised patients. Venous or arterial thromboembolic phenomena are uncommon, yet very serious complications of CMV infection. Most published reports describe immunosupressed patients after organ transplantation or in the presence of HIV co-infection. However, thrombotic events in CMV infected immunocompetent individuals may occur. We describe the case of an immunocompetent adolescent with acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis that was complicated with pulmonary embolism and portal vein thrombosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which these two thrombotic phenomena occurred simultaneously in an adolescent with no obvious predisposing factors for thrombosis in the setting of an acute CMV infection.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Veia Porta
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Embolia Pulmonar
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Infecções por Citomegalovirus
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Trombose Venosa
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Hepatite Viral Humana
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Imunocompetência
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Thromb Thrombolysis
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos