Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of colitis, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. Rarely, CMV can present as a mass lesion that endoscopically appears consistent with adenocarcinoma. There are no reported cases of a CMV mass lesion inducing rectal prolapse. We present a case of CMV coli...

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Main Authors: Aaron Joseph Cohen, Navin L. Kumar, Julia Y. McNabb-Baltar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_45_16