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- Title
Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage due to Epstein-Barr Virus Colitis.
- Authors
Denicola, Richard P.; Coben, Robert; Katz, Leo; McCue, Peter A.
- Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a member of the herpesvirus family that is associated with various disease manifestations, including EBV-associated colitis. There are few case reports describing hemorrhage associated with EBV colitis. We report a 61-year-old woman with acute gastrointestinal bleeding due to EBV colitis after initiation of methylprednisolone and enoxaparin for spinal cord infarction. To our knowledge, there are only a few case reports of hemorrhagic EBV colitis. Perhaps we need to have a higher suspicion for EBV in cases of colitis associated with hemorrhage even in relatively immunocompetent patients.
- Subjects
EPSTEIN-Barr virus; GASTROINTESTINAL hemorrhage; IMMUNE response; IMMUNOCOMPETENT cells; SPINAL cord; ULCERATIVE colitis; ENOXAPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; DISEASE complications
- Publication
ACG Case Reports Journal, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2326-3253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000000238