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*[[Computed tomography|CT]] abdomen in patients with [[cytomegalovirus]] [[colitis]] demonstrates colonic thickening. | *[[Computed tomography|CT]] abdomen in patients with [[cytomegalovirus]] [[colitis]] demonstrates colonic thickening.<ref name="pmid26862673">{{cite journal| author=Sue PK, Salazar-Austin NM, McDonald OG, Rishi A, Cornish TC, Arav-Boger R| title=Cytomegalovirus Enterocolitis in Immunocompetent Young Children: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature. | journal=Pediatr Infect Dis J | year= 2016 | volume= 35 | issue= 5 | pages= 573-6 | pmid=26862673 | doi=10.1097/INF.0000000000001080 | pmc=4829454 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26862673 }} </ref> | ||
*Presence of periventricular enhancement on [[Computed tomography|CT]] or [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] is highly suggestive of [[CMV]] ventriculoencephalitis. | *Presence of periventricular enhancement on [[Computed tomography|CT]] or [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] is highly suggestive of [[CMV]] ventriculoencephalitis. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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]
- Presence of periventricular enhancement on CT or MRI is highly suggestive of CMV ventriculoencephalitis.
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.