Abstract
Cytomegalovirus or CMV is a common viral pathogen that infects the gastrointestinal tract and is seen in various forms in immunocompromised individuals. It is often isolated from individuals having weakened or suppressed immune system because of either human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, transplantation, malignancies or immune suppressing medications. Here we describe a case of gastro-intestinal CMV infection in a renal transplant patient that had presented as colonic pseudo tumor. As CMV induced pseudo-tumors may respond to medical therapy, physicians treating immunosuppressed individuals should be wary of it for better management of the condition.
Highlights
As common viral pathogens affecting the digestive tract, the clinical and radiographic findings of CMV related infections, namely esophagitis, gastritis, enteritis, and colitis have been well documented in immunocompromised patients [1,2]
Endoscopy was repeated after 6 weeks, which revealed a persistent mass in his distal sigmoid along with slight decrease in its size
CMV infection of the digestive tract is of often seen in immuno-compromised patients, who either have a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or are on immunosuppressive drugs, consisting post- transplant patients
Summary
Syed Mudassir Laeeq, Zain Majid1*, Rajesh Mandhwani, Nasir Hasan Luck, Muhammed Mubarak.
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