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- 2018
Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Cytomegalovirus Colitis in a Patient with Common Variable ImmunodeficiencyDOI: 10.14309/crj.2018.40 Abstract: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous disorder with decreased production of immunoglobulins that presents with recurrent and serious infections in ~90% of cases. Review of the literature showed only 12 cases of gastrointestinal infection of cytomegalovirus in patients with CVID. We present an unusual case of a CVID patient presenting with new-onset hematochezia. With proper clinical suspicion and endoscopic evaluation, cytomegalovirus colitis was diagnosed and acute bleeding was successfully treated endoscopically
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