Korean J Gastroenterol.
2004 Oct;44(4):224-228.
Cytomegalovirus Colitis Manifested with a Ring like Ileocecal Valve Ulcer in a Korean AIDS Patient
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Guri, Korea. hands@hanyang.ac.kr
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A 32-year-old man, who had no previous medical history, was hospitalized with 3-week duration of abdominal pain, fever, and watery diarrhea. Initial colonoscopy showed subepithelial hemorrhagic spots throughout the entire colon together with well-circumscribed ulcer around the ileocecal valve. Serologic test disclosed HIV-positive and repeated biopsies at ulcer base finally revealed that the patient had cytomegalovirus ulcer in ileocecal area.
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