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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Periarterial Fat Stranding as a Diagnostic Marker for Visceral Disseminated Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection.

Yoshihide Matsumoto, Kento Ogawa, Hiroaki Hirakawa, Akiko Shimizu, Shigenobu Kuroki, Kozo Ikuta, Eri Senda, Seiji Shio

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Yoshihide MatsumotoDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Kento OgawaDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Hiroaki HirakawaDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Akiko ShimizuDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Shigenobu KurokiDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Kozo IkutaDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Eri SendaDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.
Seiji ShioDivision of Gastroenterology, Shinko Hospital, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 61-year-old man who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation presented to our hospital with severe abdominal pain and no significant rash. Computed tomography (CT) revealed periarterial fat stranding around the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. Skin and gastric biopsies revealed varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, leading to the diagnosis of VZV infection. Symptoms of VZV infection are severe and potentially fatal, making early intervention important. The characteristic findings of periarterial fat stranding around the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries on CT may play an important role in the early diagnosis of VZV infection.

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Herpes ZosterVaricella Zoster Virus InfectionHerpesvirus 3, HumanHumansMaleMesenteric Artery, SuperiorMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray Computedperiarterial fat strandingprophylactic valacyclovirvisceral disseminated VZV infectionVZV-DNA quantification in the stomach

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PMID39603628
PMCPMC12241790

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