Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review
Braz. j. infect. dis
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16(5): 482-485, Sept.-Oct. 2012. ilus
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in English
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| ID: lil-653438
ABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients. A mononucleosis-like syndrome may develop in some patients. Various organ involvements (eg encephalitis, meningitis, retinitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, neuritis), which rarely occur in immunocompetent patients, have also been reported. Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis caused by CMV infection has been reported very rarely in the literature. Here, a case with a very rare clinical form of CMV infection, presenting with persistent fever and livedo reticularis on the extremities and cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis of the toes, is described, and the relevant literature is reviewed. This case report aims to highlight the possibility of CMV infection to be a cause of cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis.
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Main subject:
Vasculitis
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Toes
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Cytomegalovirus Infections
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey
Institution/Affiliation country:
Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital/TR
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Istanbul University/TR
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