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Cytomegalovirus Disease in a Patient With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Who Also Has Splenic Necrosis

Volume 34 · Issue 4 · December 2019 Publish Date: December 31, 2019
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Önay GERÇİK
Department of Rheumatology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey image/svg+xml
Dilek SOLMAZ
Department of Rheumatology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey image/svg+xml
Şebnem KARASU
Department of Radiology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey image/svg+xml
Neşe EKİNCİ
Department of Pathology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey image/svg+xml
Servet AKAR
Department of Rheumatology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey image/svg+xml
Önay GERÇİK, Dilek SOLMAZ, Şebnem KARASU, Neşe EKİNCİ, & Servet AKAR. (2019). Cytomegalovirus Disease in a Patient With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Who Also Has Splenic Necrosis. Archives of Rheumatology, 34(4), 447–450. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2019.7306
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Abstract

Cytomegalovirus infection, which can occur as a result of reactivation due to immunosuppressive treatment in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis, is a serious condition that should be kept in mind because of its fatal course. In this article, we report a 49-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis who developed a life-threatening colonic ulcer due to cytomegalovirus colitis and a shrunken spleen with irregular contours that was detected on abdominal computed tomography. This is a rare case of cytomegalovirus disease in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis and splenic necrosis.

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Journal Archives of Rheumatology
Volume / Issue Volume 34 · Issue 4 · December 2019
Pages 447-450
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Published Online December 31, 2019
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Önay GERÇİK
Department of Rheumatology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Dilek SOLMAZ
Department of Rheumatology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Şebnem KARASU
Department of Radiology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Neşe EKİNCİ
Department of Pathology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Servet AKAR
Department of Rheumatology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Önay GERÇİK, Dilek SOLMAZ, Şebnem KARASU, Neşe EKİNCİ, & Servet AKAR. (2019). Cytomegalovirus Disease in a Patient With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Who Also Has Splenic Necrosis. Archives of Rheumatology, 34(4), 447–450. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2019.7306
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