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Case Reports
[Repeated intestinal tract perforations secondary to cryoglobulinemia and cytomegalovirus infection: a case report].
- P Befort, S Riviere, A Maran, J Ramos, and A Lequellec.
- Service de médecine interne A, hôpital Saint-Eloi, CHU de Montpellier, avenue Augustin-Flisches, 34000 Montpellier, France. p-befort@chu-montpellier.fr <p-befort@chu-montpellier.fr>
- Rev Med Interne. 2010 Feb 1; 31 (2): 167-9.
AbstractCryoglobulinemia associated vasculitis is usually related to hepatitis C virus. Clinical features include purpura, glomerulonephritis, or peripheral neuropathy. Intestinal involvement in cryoglobulinemia is rare and has a poor prognosis. It often leads to a therapeutic with immunosupressive drugs. The related immunodepression exposes to a reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection that may also be potentially responsible for intestinal injury. We report a 68-year-old man who presented with iterative intestinal perforations secondary to a cryoglobulinemia vasculitis and then to a CMV infection.
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