Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage due to Epstein-Barr Virus Colitis.

Authors

• Richard P Denicola
• Robert Coben
• Leo Katz
• Peter A McCue

Publication/Presentation Date

10-1-2019

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a member of the herpesvirus family that is associated with various disease manifestations, including EBV-associated colitis. There are few case reports describing hemorrhage associated with EBV colitis. We report a 61-year-old woman with acute gastrointestinal bleeding due to EBV colitis after initiation of methylprednisolone and enoxaparin for spinal cord infarction. To our knowledge, there are only a few case reports of hemorrhagic EBV colitis. Perhaps we need to have a higher suspicion for EBV in cases of colitis associated with hemorrhage even in relatively immunocompetent patients.

Volume

6

Issue

10

First Page

00238

Last Page

00238

ISSN

2326-3253

Published In/Presented At

Denicola, R. P., Coben, R., Katz, L., & McCue, P. A. (2019). Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage due to Epstein-Barr Virus Colitis. ACG case reports journal, 6(10), e00238. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000238

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

31832465

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article