A 13-year-old girl with persistent fever, pharyngitis, acute anaemia, peripheral blood and bone marrow positive for parvovirus B19 DNA.Microscopic findings of gastrointestinal biopsy showed diffuse vacuolar alteration of the cytoplasma of duodenal enterocytes and virological analysis demonstrated the presence of parvovirus in lymphocytes of the duodenal wall's epithelial layer.In unexplained gastrointestinal pathologies, the role of parvovirus B19 infection should be investigated.
Gastrointestinal lesions in parvovirus B19 infection / Tassinari D.; Gallinella G.; Salfi N.; Elleri D.; Forti S.; Bonvicini F.; Bernardi F.. - In: BMJ CASE REPORT. - ISSN 1757-790X. - ELETTRONICO. - doi:10.1136/bcr.10.2008.1058:(2009), pp. 1-2.
Gastrointestinal lesions in parvovirus B19 infection
TASSINARI, DAVIDE;GALLINELLA, GIORGIO;SALFI, NUNZIO;ELLERI, DANIELA;FORTI, SARA;BONVICINI, FRANCESCA;BERNARDI, FILIPPO
2009
Abstract
A 13-year-old girl with persistent fever, pharyngitis, acute anaemia, peripheral blood and bone marrow positive for parvovirus B19 DNA.Microscopic findings of gastrointestinal biopsy showed diffuse vacuolar alteration of the cytoplasma of duodenal enterocytes and virological analysis demonstrated the presence of parvovirus in lymphocytes of the duodenal wall's epithelial layer.In unexplained gastrointestinal pathologies, the role of parvovirus B19 infection should be investigated.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
