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Case Report
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J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2002;18(3):196-199.
- CMV Colitis in a Patient with Colon Adenocarcinoma.
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Kung, Hwan Nam , Cho, Young Kyu , Yu, Chang Sik , Kim, Hee Cheol , Kim, Jung Sun , Jang, Jae Jung , Kim, Jin Cheon
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1Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jckim@amc.seoul.kr
2Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Colorectal Clinic, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Abstract
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis occurs almost exclusively in immune-compromised patients namely, HIV infection, immunosuppressant therapy after organ transplantation, anti-cancer chemotherapy, and long- term steroid user. Some patients with solid tumor have gastrointestinal CMV disease without anti-cancer chemotherapy. A 64-year-old male patient underwent surgery due to sigmoid colon cancer. On histopathologic examination of surgical specimen, CMV colitis was found in the colon. The AJCC tumor stage was II.
Although CMV colitis is rarely associated with colon cancer, it maybe considered in patients with combined colitis with colorectal cancer.
Keywords :CMV colitis;Colorectal cancer
