A case of cytomegalovirus esophagitis difficult to distinguish from Crohn's disease exacerbation.
Clin J Gastroenterol
; 17(4): 593-597, 2024 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-38782847
ABSTRACT
Patients with Crohn's disease are at higher risk of opportunistic infection, especially if treated with immunosuppressive therapy. Cytomegalovirus has been reported to cause ulcerated lesions mainly in the lower gastrointestinal tract of inflammatory bowel disease patients. We herein report a rare case of Crohn's disease complicated with cytomegalovirus esophagitis, which was difficult to distinguish from exacerbation of Crohn's disease. Diagnostic values of clinical course, blood tests, endoscopic and histological examinations are limited but the present case was therapeutically diagnosed by antiviral therapy in combination with histological evidence of cytomegalovirus.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Crohn Disease
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Cytomegalovirus Infections
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Esophagitis
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin J Gastroenterol
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japón
Country of publication:
Japón