Cytomegalovirus infection and gastric emptying

Van Thiel, DH and Gavaler, JS and Schade, RR and Chien, MC and Starzl, TE (1992) Cytomegalovirus infection and gastric emptying. Transplantation, 54 (1). 70 - 73. ISSN 0041-1337

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Abstract

Gastrointestinal infection due to cytomegalovirus occurs frequently in liver transplant recipients. Upper gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus infection is associated with subjective complaints of nausea, a sense of abdominal fullness, and occasionally emesis and/or dysphagia. In order to determine whether these symptoms reflect a disruption of the normal motility of the stomach, the following study was performed. Eleven individuals who were evaluated for liver transplantation were prospectively recruited and studied as follows: (1) upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsy of the gastric antral mucosa; (2) viral culture of the gastric mucosa; (3) a histologic examination of the gastric mucosa; and (4) a radionuclide gastric emptying study was obtained before and 4—8 weeks following successful liver transplantation. Prior to liver transplantation, none had symptoms of nausea, vomiting, or epigastric fullness. All were culture-negative for cytomegalovirus. All had endoscopic and histologic evidence of portal hypertensive gastro-pathy but none had antral erosions or ulcers. All demonstrated normal gastric emptying of a liquid meal. Following liver transplantation, 6 remained free of gastric cytomegalovirus while 5 developed a culture-confirmed gastric cytomegalovirus infection. Those that developed a gastric cytomegalovirus infection also had more gastric symptoms, and more gastric histologic abnormalities. Moreover, those with a gastric cytomegalovirus infection demonstrated enhanced gastric retention of a liquid meal (P<0.01). © 1992 by Williams & Wilkins.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Van Thiel, DH Gavaler, JS Schade, RR Chien, MC Starzl, TE tes11@pitt.edu TES11
Centers:	Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Date:	1 January 1992
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Transplantation
Volume:	54
Number:	1
Page Range:	70 - 73
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1097/00007890-199207000-00012
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0041-1337
Other ID:	uls-drl:31735062111723, Starzl CV No. 1378
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2010 17:23
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2019 13:56
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4764

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