Cytomegalovirus infection CT
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
CT abdomen in patients with colitis demonstrates colonic thickening and the presence of periventricular enhancement on a brain CT is suggestive of ventriculoencephalitis.
CT Scan
- CT abdomen in patients with cytomegalovirus colitis demonstrates colonic thickening.[1][2]
- Presence of periventricular enhancement on CT or MRI is highly suggestive of CMV ventriculoencephalitis.[3]
References
- ↑ Sue PK, Salazar-Austin NM, McDonald OG, Rishi A, Cornish TC, Arav-Boger R (2016). "Cytomegalovirus Enterocolitis in Immunocompetent Young Children: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature". Pediatr Infect Dis J. 35 (5): 573–6. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001080. PMC 4829454. PMID 26862673.
- ↑ Goodman AL, Murray CD, Watkins J, Griffiths PD, Webster DP (2015). "CMV in the gut: a critical review of CMV detection in the immunocompetent host with colitis". Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 34 (1): 13–8. doi:10.1007/s10096-014-2212-x. PMC 4281362. PMID 25097085.
- ↑ Silva CA, Oliveira AC, Vilas-Boas L, Fink MC, Pannuti CS, Vidal JE (2010). "Neurologic cytomegalovirus complications in patients with AIDS: retrospective review of 13 cases and review of the literature". Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 52 (6): 305–10. PMID 21225213.