A Case of Cytomegalovirus Colitis / 대한소화기내시경학회지

ABSTRACT

Cytomegalovirus colitis, invasive cytomegalovirus infection of colon, is an important opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed individuals. The clinical symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, colionic hemorrhage and perforation. The endoscopic appearance show three characteristic features, 1) Focal or diffuse inflammatory changes erythema, edema and erosion 2) Submucosal hemorrhagic spots 3) Clean-based, well demarcated ulcers(0.5-2 cm) We report a case of cytomegalovirus colitis in 41-year-old male with massive hematochezia, which confirmed by histopathologic findings in autopsy.