International Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, ISSN 1927-1255 print, 1927-1263 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 1, June 2013, pages 40-43

Severe Distal Cytomegalovirus Esophagitis With Aerodigestive Symptoms in an Immunocompetent Infant

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Upper gastrointestinal series. Dilated tortuous esophagus with impaired peristalsis (a, b) with improvement after CMV treatment (c, d).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Histopathological findings in the distal esophagus. (a) Inflammation and intranuclear inclusions (arrows) in enlarged epithelial cells (haematoxylin-eosin stain, × 400) and (b) Cytomegalovirus-infected cells (arrows) with brown coloration in both nuclei and cytoplasm (immunohistochemical staining with anti-CMV).