Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology  2002;18(3):196-199

CMV Colitis in a Patient with Colon Adenocarcinoma.

Hwan Nam KUNG 1 ; Young Kyu CHO ; Chang Sik YU ; Hee Cheol KIM ; Jung Sun KIM ; Jae Jung JANG ; Jin Cheon KIM

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Keywords

CMV colitis; Colorectal cancer

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis occurs almost exclusively in immune-compromised patients namely, HIV infection, immunosuppressant therapy after organ transplantation, anti-cancer chemotherapy, and long- term steroid user. Some patients with solid tumor have gastrointestinal CMV disease without anti-cancer chemotherapy. A 64-year-old male patient underwent surgery due to sigmoid colon cancer. On histopathologic examination of surgical specimen, CMV colitis was found in the colon. The AJCC tumor stage was II. Although CMV colitis is rarely associated with colon cancer, it maybe considered in patients with combined colitis with colorectal cancer.