Severe knee pain as the single symptom of CMV infection in acute ulcerative colitis treated with cyclosporine

G D'Haens; P Suenaert; R Westhovens; P Rutgeerts

doi:10.1097/00054725-199802000-00005

Severe knee pain as the single symptom of CMV infection in acute ulcerative colitis treated with cyclosporine

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 1998 Feb;4(1):27-8. doi: 10.1097/00054725-199802000-00005.

Authors

G D'Haens¹, P Suenaert, R Westhovens, P Rutgeerts

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 9552225
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-199802000-00005

Abstract

We describe a case of systemic cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in an ulcerative colitis patient admitted to the hospital for an acute flare-up of his colitis. He was treated with combination immunosuppressive therapy including i.v. cyclosporine and corticosteroids and PO azathioprine. Severe bilateral stabbing knee pain was the only manifestation of CMV disease, which quickly responded to adequate antiviral therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Azathioprine / therapeutic use
Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy*
Cyclosporine / therapeutic use
Cytomegalovirus / drug effects*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Knee*
Male
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Pain*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Cyclosporine
Azathioprine
Methylprednisolone