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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2017; 08(03): 137-139
DOI: 10.4103/jde.JDE_45_16
Case Report
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy

Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass

Aaron Joseph Cohen
1   Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
,
Navin L. Kumar
1   Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
2   Department of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
,
Julia Y. McNabb-Baltar
1   Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
2   Department of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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25 September 2019 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of colitis, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. Rarely, CMV can present as a mass lesion that endoscopically appears consistent with adenocarcinoma. There are no reported cases of a CMV mass lesion inducing rectal prolapse. We present a case of CMV colitis presenting as a rectal mass mimicking adenocarcinoma and causing rectal prolapse in an immunosuppressed female.

KEYWORDS:

Cytomegalovirus - rectal mass - rectal prolapse
 

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