CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS - CASE-REPORT

Authors
INACIO C HILLAIRE S VALLA D DENNINGER MH CASADEVALL N ERLINGER S
Citation
C. Inacio et al., CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS - CASE-REPORT, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 12(4), 1997, pp. 287-288
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08159319
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
287 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0815-9319(1997)12:4<287:CAACOA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report on the case of a 31-year-old woman who developed acute porta l vein thrombosis during the course of an acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. We suggest a relationship between CMV infection, its endoth elial cell-damaging effects and portal vein thrombosis.