ArticleBMJ case reports2016
Cytomegalovirus colitis mimicking rectal carcinoma in an immunocompetent elderly woman.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- An Uncommon Culprit: Cytomegalovirus Colitis Mimicking Malignancy in an Immunocompetent Patient.Cureus · 2025Article
- Cytomegalovirus Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Immunocompetent Patients: A Narrative Review.Viruses · 2024Review
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- Segmental cytomegalovirus colitis mimicking sigmoid tumor in an immunocompetent patient.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Diagnosis and Management of CMV Colitis.Current infectious disease reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis is uncommon in immunocompetent patients, despite a high seroprevalence rate of CMV in the general population. CMV infection has been described in individuals with compromised immune systems: in AIDS, under corticosteroid and immune modulating treatment, with cancer or haematological malignancies. Its most frequent clinical presentation is a necrotising ulcerative form; pseudotumoural CMV colitis has been described as highly exceptional. We report a case of CMV colitis mimicking rectal carcinoma in an immunocompetent elderly woman. The immunosenescence and protein-energy malnutrition increase incidence and severity of infectious diseases in elderly individuals. Immunosenescence may affect all aspects of immunity; severe protein malnutrition modifies mostly cellular immunity, growing susceptibility to infections.
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