Beany Andrawus, Rainis Tova
Division of Gastroenterology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2021 Nov 12;2021:3513223. doi: 10.1155/2021/3513223. eCollection 2021.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)- related gastroduodenal infection is rare in immunocompetent hosts, and although it is considered a self-limiting condition in most cases, there is scarce literature to assert its management. . We report a case of a 66-year-old immunocompetent male patient diagnosed with a giant gastric ulcer caused by CMV infection. The ulcer manifested as refractory vomiting and melena. Rapid and full resolution was observed on proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) monotherapy.
Gastric CMV infection might mimic an advanced gastric tumor in individuals with an intact immune system. The condition is rare, and the diagnosis is challenging and oftentimes overlooked. However, a rapid resolution has been documented in all cases, even without antiviral therapy.
巨细胞病毒(CMV)相关的胃十二指肠感染在免疫功能正常的宿主中较为罕见,尽管在大多数情况下被认为是一种自限性疾病,但关于其治疗的文献却很少。我们报告一例66岁免疫功能正常的男性患者,诊断为CMV感染引起的巨大胃溃疡。该溃疡表现为难治性呕吐和黑便。质子泵抑制剂(PPI)单药治疗后观察到迅速且完全缓解。
在免疫系统完好的个体中,胃CMV感染可能类似晚期胃癌。这种情况罕见,诊断具有挑战性且常常被忽视。然而,即使不进行抗病毒治疗,所有病例均有快速缓解的记录。