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A CLINICO.PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF ANAL FISTULAE

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Anal Fbtuh R*lat of Llterature<br />

folds and protein- losing enteropathy- These patients had serologic,<br />

histologic, or cultrrre evidenoe of CMV infection, or all three.<br />

I- Clinical Presentation and sites of lnvolvement.<br />

Table L Clinical Featwes Suggesting Possible Gasuointestinel<br />

Cytomegalovirus Disease<br />

a) Hi<br />

d immunodeficiency syndrome<br />

: reclptent<br />

I theiaov<br />

or Can'c'er chemotherapy<br />

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Abdomlnal Darn<br />

Colities or bloodv diarrhea or both<br />

Acute abdorien<br />

c) ' Gastrointestinal lesions<br />

Esonhaqeal ulcer<br />

GastriiulcEr<br />

Gastric ulcer<br />

a- Mouth<br />

Painful etosions or ulcers (Marcusen and sooy,1985 ), enlarged,<br />

painful salivary glands (Pialoux et al, l99l), and odynophagia due to an<br />

epiglottic (Hinnant et al, 1986 ) or posterior pharyngeal ulcer (Laiwani et<br />

al, l99l).<br />

b- Esophagus<br />

A large, solitary, distal esophageal ulcer caused odynophagia or<br />

constant substerlral pain or both in AIDS patients (McDonald et al, 1985).<br />

Esopagnal strichue formation after healing with anti-CMV therapy has<br />

been described (Wilcox et al, 1990 ),<br />

c- Stomrch<br />

Epignsfiic pain, nanrsea, and vomiting (see Table l) (Iwasaki, 1987),<br />

Complications of CMV gasnic ulcers inolude bleeding (Allen et al,<br />

lgSllgastric outlet obstrucfion (Victoria et al, 1985), and perforation.<br />

d- Small Intestine<br />

Asymptomatic trarrsplant recipient wi th endoscopically normal<br />

duodenal mucosa (Franzin et al, l98l ) to a patient with progressive<br />

diarrhea followed by fatal perforation of a severely ulcerated mucosa<br />

(Fernandez et al, 1986). Terminal ileal disease may mimic Crohn disease<br />

clinically, and radiologically (Wajsman et al, 1989). Small-bowel erosions<br />

and ulcerations have been observed in a healthy adult with acute CMV<br />

infection (Spiller et al, 1988) and in an elderly patient with no apparent<br />

immune disorder (Spiegel and Schwabe, 1980). Cytomegalovirus<br />

ulceration of the appendix has occuned as acute appendicitis in AIDS<br />

patients (Lin et al, 1990)<br />

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