Cytomegalovirus Enteritis in Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 97 (1) , 96-101
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000053461.31030.d7
Abstract
A woman with previously undiagnosed common variable immunodeficiency presented with diarrhea and volume depletion. Biopsies from upper and lower endoscopy revealed atrophic gastritis, villous atrophy, and an inflammatory bowel disease-like chronic colitis, with absence of plasma cells in all sites. Cytomegalovirus inclusions were demonstrated in the colon and small bowel mucosa. Despite therapy...Keywords
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