Acute cytomegalovirus infection and transient carotid intimal-medial thickening in a young, otherwise healthy woman

Yasuhiko Hirabayashi; Tomonori Ishii; Takao Kodera; Hiroshi Fujii; Yasuhiko Munakata; Takeshi Sasaki

doi:10.1128/JCM.41.8.3978-3980.2003

Acute cytomegalovirus infection and transient carotid intimal-medial thickening in a young, otherwise healthy woman

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Aug;41(8):3978-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3978-3980.2003.

Authors

Yasuhiko Hirabayashi¹, Tomonori Ishii, Takao Kodera, Hiroshi Fujii, Yasuhiko Munakata, Takeshi Sasaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology & Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. [email protected]

Abstract

Carotid intimal-medial thickening was observed in a 23-year-old woman with acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The thickening disappeared after her recovery from the infection. As endothelial cells are common targets of CMV, this thickening suggests that CMV infection causes vascular lesions, even in otherwise healthy individuals.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Cytomegalovirus / immunology
Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification
Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Remission, Spontaneous
Tunica Intima / diagnostic imaging*
Tunica Media / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin G