Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Bowel in Infancy: Pathogenetic and Diagnostic Significance
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pediatric Pathology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 95-102
- https://doi.org/10.3109/15513818409041191
Abstract
Three infants had cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of the bowel. Infected enteric ganglion cells were found in two, one of whom had hypoganglionosis and colonic dysmotility. The third infant had classic short segment Hirschsprung's disease and colitis with CMV inclusions in vascular endothelium, a situation wherein viral transformed cells may have led to misinterpretation of the diagnostic biopsy.Keywords
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