Splenic Infarct and Pulmonary Embolism as a Rare Manifestation of Cytomegalovirus Infection
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Rawla, Prashanth
Vellipuram, Anantha R.
Bandaru, Sathyajit S.
Raj, Jeffrey Pradeep
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Rawla, Prashanth, Anantha R. Vellipuram, Sathyajit S. Bandaru, and Jeffrey Pradeep Raj. 2017. “Splenic Infarct and Pulmonary Embolism as a Rare Manifestation of Cytomegalovirus Infection.” Case Reports in Hematology 2017 (1): 1850821. doi:10.1155/2017/1850821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1850821.Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a type of herpes infection that has a characteristic feature of maintaining lifelong latency within the host cell. CMV manifestations can cover a broad spectrum from fever to as severe as pancytopenia, hepatitis, retinitis, meningoencephalitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, pneumonia, and thrombosis. Multiple case reports of thrombosis associated with CMV have been reported. Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism is more common in immunocompetent patients while splenic infarct is more common in immunocompromised patients. However, here we report a female patient on low-dose methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis who presented with both pulmonary embolism and splenic infarct.Other Sources
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