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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| author | Aaron Joseph Cohen Navin L. Kumar Julia Y. McNabb-Baltar |
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| description | 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 colitis presenting as a rectal mass mimicking adenocarcinoma and causing rectal prolapse in an immunosuppressed female. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6e3b03be5444fec95e8c8bc8551c3d72022-12-22T02:24:41ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Digestive Endoscopy0976-50420976-50502017-07-01080313713910.4103/jde.JDE_45_16Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal MassAaron Joseph Cohen0Navin L. Kumar1Julia Y. McNabb-Baltar2Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USACytomegalovirus (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 colitis presenting as a rectal mass mimicking adenocarcinoma and causing rectal prolapse in an immunosuppressed female.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_45_16 cytomegalovirus rectal mass rectal prolapse |
| spellingShingle | Aaron Joseph Cohen Navin L. Kumar Julia Y. McNabb-Baltar Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass Journal of Digestive Endoscopy cytomegalovirus rectal mass rectal prolapse |
| title | Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass |
| title_full | Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass |
| title_fullStr | Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass |
| title_short | Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass |
| title_sort | cytomegalovirus colitis presenting as a rectal mass |
| topic | cytomegalovirus rectal mass rectal prolapse |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_45_16 |
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