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- Title
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review.
- Authors
Arslan, Ferhat; Batirel, Ayse; Mert, Ali; Ozer, Serdar
- Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients. A mononucleosis-like syndrome may develop in some patients. Various organ involvements (e.g.: encephalitis, meningitis, retinitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, neuritis), which rarely occur in immunocompetent patients, have also been reported. Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis caused by CMV infection has been reported very rarely in the literature. Here, a case with a very rare clinical form of CMV infection, presenting with persistent fever and livedo reticularis on the extremities and cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis of the toes, is described, and the relevant literature is reviewed. This case report aims to highlight the possibility of CMV infection to be a cause of cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis.
- Publication
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 5, p482
- ISSN
1678-4391
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.002