CMV enteritis as unusual source of bleeding to GIT

Czech version

Authors: Varyš D. ¹; Slatinská J. ²; Pítová V. ¹; Chmelová K. ¹; Julius Špičák ¹; Novotný J. ³; Fabián O. ⁴; Šperl J. ¹; Fraňková S. ¹
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika hepatogastroenterologie IKEM, Praha ¹; Klinika nefrologie IKEM, Praha ²; Pracovičtě radiodia gnostiky a intervenční radiologie, IKEM, Praha ³; Pracoviště klinické a transplantační patologie, IKEM, Praha ⁴
Published in: Gastroent Hepatol 2021; 75(4): 304-310
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doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/ccgh2021304

Overview

Introduction: Cytomegalovirus disease affecting the gastrointestinal tract is a rare but severe disease presenting particularly in people under immunosuppression, solid organ transplant recipients and AIDS patients with CD4 count under 100/mm³. When colon or small intestine are affected, the disease may be complicated by severe bleeding. CMV therapy includes antivirals and, in case of bleeding, methods of therapeutic endoscopy or interventional radiology. Case description: We present a case of a 74-year-old woman 3 years after kidney transplantation owing to vascular nephrosclerosis, treated with belatacept, mycophenolate mophetile and prednisone. She was admitted to hospital for acute dyspnoea. During hospitalisation, she presented with intestinal bleeding, but the endoscopic intervention at the first colonoscopy was not successful. She was referred to the Department of Hepatogastroenterology of the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and subsequent colonoscopy revealed a 15 cm long part of ileum with ulcerations as the source of bleeding. The histological assessment described a severe CMV enteritis. The CMV DNA blood level established by PCR was higher than 10 000 000 U/ml. The patient was treated with intravenous ganciclovir and she underwent selective embolization of the inferior mesenteric artery with an excellent clinical effect. Conclusions: CMV enteritis may be associated with a high mortality. The approach to therapy is multidisciplinary and needs collaboration of gastroenterologist, endoscopist and interventional radiologist.

Keywords:

CMV – GIT bleeding – immunosuppression – Transplantation

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