Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus-associated thrombosis has been extensively reported in the medical literature, mainly in immune-compromised patients. However, the association with splenic infarcts has been rarely mentioned. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 38-year-old Caucasian man of Hellen...

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Autores principales: Protopapa, Μaria Νikoletta, Velissaris, Dimitrios, Mougiou, Athena, Siagkris, Dimitrios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-85
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author Protopapa, Μaria Νikoletta
Velissaris, Dimitrios
Mougiou, Athena
Siagkris, Dimitrios
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Velissaris, Dimitrios
Mougiou, Athena
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description INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus-associated thrombosis has been extensively reported in the medical literature, mainly in immune-compromised patients. However, the association with splenic infarcts has been rarely mentioned. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 38-year-old Caucasian man of Hellenic origin with acute cytomegalovirus infection presenting with spontaneous splenic infarcts. Echocardiography did not show any vegetations or mural thrombi. Anticoagulation treatment was not considered due to implication of minor vessels and since cytomegalovirus was the probable trigger for thrombosis in this patient. CONCLUSIONS: This case report serves as additional evidence for the role of cytomegalovirus in thrombosis.
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spelling pubmed-39781182014-04-08 Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature Protopapa, Μaria Νikoletta Velissaris, Dimitrios Mougiou, Athena Siagkris, Dimitrios J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus-associated thrombosis has been extensively reported in the medical literature, mainly in immune-compromised patients. However, the association with splenic infarcts has been rarely mentioned. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 38-year-old Caucasian man of Hellenic origin with acute cytomegalovirus infection presenting with spontaneous splenic infarcts. Echocardiography did not show any vegetations or mural thrombi. Anticoagulation treatment was not considered due to implication of minor vessels and since cytomegalovirus was the probable trigger for thrombosis in this patient. CONCLUSIONS: This case report serves as additional evidence for the role of cytomegalovirus in thrombosis. BioMed Central 2014-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3978118/ /pubmed/24594283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-85 Text en Copyright © 2014 Protopapa et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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Protopapa, Μaria Νikoletta
Velissaris, Dimitrios
Mougiou, Athena
Siagkris, Dimitrios
Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
title Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
title_short Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
title_sort cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-85
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