Cytomegalovirus infection CT
Cytomegalovirus infection Microchapters |
Differentiating Cytomegalovirus infection from other Diseases |
---|
Diagnosis |
Treatment |
Case Studies |
Cytomegalovirus infection CT On the Web |
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Cytomegalovirus infection CT |
Risk calculators and risk factors for Cytomegalovirus infection CT |
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.