[Cytomegalovirus colitis in an immunocompetent elderly patient].

Abstract

Gastrointestinal tract involvement due to cytomegalovirus infection is a condition that usually occurs in immunocompromised patients, but is uncommon in immunocompetent patients. In a review of 33 cases, the median age was 68 years, and the accompanying symptoms were diarrhoea (76%), abdominal pain (52%), and haematochezia, or melena (27%). The case is presented of ctyomegalovirus colitis in an 85 year-old man with no previously identified immunocompromised states.