ABSTRACT
La afectación gástrica por el virus varicela-zóster es una entidad clínica poco frecuente, cuya sospecha y diagnóstico precoz es importante para evitar las consecuencias derivadas de su elevada morbimortalidad que en pacientes inmunocomprometidos varía entre un 9% y 41% según las series. A continuación se describen dos casos de afectación gástrica por el virus de la varicela-zóster (VVZ) en dos pacientes con enfermedad hematooncológica. Habitualmente las lesiones gástricas van precedidas de la aparición de lesiones cutáneas pápulo-vesiculares características. Cuando la afectación gástrica es el primer síntoma de la enfermedad se puede producir un retraso en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de esta infección que puede conllevar consecuencias graves para el paciente inmunocomprometido. Es por ello que proponemos que sea una entidad tenida en cuenta en el algoritmo de estudio del paciente inmunocomprometido que presenta dolor abdominal y lesiones endoscópicas de tipo ulceroso (AU)
Gastric involvement with the varicella-zoster virus is an uncommon clinical condition where early suspicion and diagnosis are important to prevent the consequences deriving from its high morbidity and mortality, which in immunocompromised patients oscillate between 9% and 41% according to the various series. Two cases of gastric involvement with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in two patients with blood cancer are reported below. Gastric lesions are usually preceded by typical papulovesicular skin lesions. When gastric involvement is the first symptom of the disease its diagnosis and management may be delayed, which may entail severe consequences for immunocompromised patients. It is therefore that we suggest its inclusion in the algorithm for immunocompromised patients with abdominal pain and ulcer-like endoscopic lesions (AU)
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Humans , Chickenpox/complications , Herpesvirus 3, Human/pathogenicity , Gastritis/virology , Immunocompromised Host , Stomach Ulcer/virology , Abdominal Pain/etiology , Leukemia/complications , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complicationsABSTRACT
Gastric involvement with the varicella-zoster virus is an uncommon clinical condition where early suspicion and diagnosis are important to prevent the consequences deriving from its high morbidity and mortality, which in immunocompromised patients oscillate between 9% and 41% according to the various series. Two cases of gastric involvement with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in two patients with blood cancer are reported below. Gastric lesions are usually preceded by typical papulovesicular skin lesions. When gastric involvement is the first symptom of the disease its diagnosis and management may be delayed, which may entail severe consequences for immunocompromised patients. It is therefore that we suggest its inclusion in the algorithm for immunocompromised patients with abdominal pain and ulcer-like endoscopic lesions.
