Severe Complication of Thiopurine Treatment in a Young Woman with Crohn’s Disease

Severe Complication of Thiopurine Treatment in a Young Woman with Crohn’s Disease

Case Description: TA 28-year old woman receiving thiopurine treatment for Crohn’s disease presented with a systemic primo cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection affecting the gut (colitis), liver (hepatitis), lungs (pneumonitis) and eyes (retinitis). Secondary to this systemic infection, she developed sple...

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Main Authors: Michiel PJ Voet, TGA Calon, MMC Hendriks, RM Schreuder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2021-03-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
cytomegalovirus
thiopurine
pneumonitis
colitis
hepatitis
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2350

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