Two Cases of Cutaneous Cytomegalovirus Infection in Immunocompromised Patients.
10.5021/ad.2004.16.2.67
- Author:
Jae Hong PARK
;
Jeong Joon OH
;
Eil Soo LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cytomegalovirus;
Perianal ulcer
- MeSH:
Aged;
Coloring Agents;
Cytomegalovirus Infections*;
Cytomegalovirus*;
Dermis;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Immunocompromised Host*;
Liver Transplantation;
Lymphoma, T-Cell;
Male;
Mortality;
Pneumonia;
Retinitis;
Ulcer
- From:Annals of Dermatology
2004;16(2):67-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. CMV can cause pneumonia, retinitis, gastrointestinal ulcers, and widely disseminated disease, but cutaneous CMV is rare. We report two cases of cutaneous CMV infection presenting as perianal ulcers. A 54 year-old male who had liver transplantation and a 72-year-old male, who was treated with chemotherapy for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, presented with perianal ulcers and had systemic symptoms of CMV infection with CMV antigenemia. They had multiple ulcerations with erythematous bases on the perianal area, and histopathologic examinations showed large atypical cytomegalic cells in the dermis, and immunohistochemical stains, with the anti-CMV antibody showed positive reactions.
