Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a Rare Cause of Gastritis in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Study from Pakistan

Hina Ismail

Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan.

Raja Taha Yaseen Khan *

Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan.

Abbas Ali Tasneem

Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan.

Mahboob Jan

Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan.

Syed Mudassir Laeeq

Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan.

Nasir Hasan Luck

Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause wide spectrum of the diseases with large bowel been most commonly affected. However, it rarely effects the upper part of the alimentary canal including the esophagus and stomach. Here, we present to you a case of renal transplanted recipient with a post-transplant history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma evaluated for dyspepsia and was diagnosed to have CMV gastritis on histopathology.

Keywords: CMV, gastritis, renal transplant

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