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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Cytomegalovirus ulcerative oesophagitis in a young healthy immunocompetent patient
  1. Elisa Gravito-Soares1,2,
  2. Marta Gravito-Soares1,2,
  3. Ernestina Camacho1,
  4. Luis Tomé1,2
  1. 1Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  2. 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Elisa Gravito-Soares, es18497{at}gmail.com

Summary

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) gastrointestinal disease usually arises in patients with immunodeficiency or immunosuppression, being rare in immunocompetent hosts. Although increasing in incidence, few cases of CMV gastrointestinal disease have been described among young healthy patients. Currently, there is uncertainty in approaching these patients, including the need for antiviral therapy that remains to be established. This case report describes a CMV ulcerative oesophagitis in a young healthy immunocompetent patient with good evolution with no need for antiviral therapy, the youngest case being reported in the literature until now.

  • endoscopy
  • oesophagus
  • drugs: infectious diseases

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223297

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors EG-S and MG-S contributed equally, writing the manuscript and reviewing the literature. EG-S is the article guarantor. EC and LT critically reviewed the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.