ILEAL PERFORATION DUE TO CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION

Authors
MEZA AD BINSAGHEER S ZUCKERMAN MJ MORALES CA VERGHESE A
Citation
Ad. Meza et al., ILEAL PERFORATION DUE TO CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION, Journal of the National Medical Association, 86(2), 1994, pp. 145-148
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the National Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00279684
Volume
86
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
145 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-9684(1994)86:2<145:IPDTC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
This article reports a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) ileitis with perf oration in a woman with transfusion-acquired human immunodeficiency vi rus (HIV) infection. The clinical problem of small bowel perforation d ue to CMV disease in association with HIV infection is emphasized. Typ ically, a patient with a history of chronic diarrhea, fever, and abdom inal pain develops the superimposed picture of an acute abdomen and ha s pneumoperitonium on radiograph. The prognosis is poor.