Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Protopapa, Maria Nikoletta ^a   Velissaris, Dimitrios ^a   Mougiou, Athena ^a   Siagkris, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Hepatosplenomegaly; Immune compromised host; Splenic infarct

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; D DIMER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN S; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ASSOCIATED SPLEEN INFARCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALAISE; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84898424411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-85     Document Type: Article

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