Massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to cytomegalovirus infection in two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Massive upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage is a rare manifestation of GI cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. A review of the English language literature yielded 21 well-documented cases of gastric ulcers due to CMV, and 7 of these 21 cases were complicated by significant GI bleeding. This report de...

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Published inSouthern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 235 - 237
Main Authors VANEGAS, F, MONTALVO, R. D, ALVAREZ, O. A, DONELSON, S, LEE, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.02.2000
Subjects
Adult
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - virology
AIDS/HIV
Biological and medical sciences
Cytomegalovirus Infections - complications
Fatal Outcome
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Other diseases. Semiology
Stomach Ulcer - complications
Stomach Ulcer - pathology
Stomach Ulcer - virology
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Immunopathology
Cytomegalovirus
Stomach
Herpesviridae
Gut
AIDS
Upper extremity
Betaherpesvirinae
Immune deficiency
Hemorrhage
Virus
Infection
Treatment
Etiology
Viral disease
Complication
Diagnosis
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Summary:Massive upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage is a rare manifestation of GI cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. A review of the English language literature yielded 21 well-documented cases of gastric ulcers due to CMV, and 7 of these 21 cases were complicated by significant GI bleeding. This report describes two cases of massive upper GI hemorrhage due to CMV infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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ISSN:0038-4348
1541-8243
DOI:10.1097/00007611-200002000-00020