Congenital hepatic dysplasia from cytomegalovirus

E Dessy; A Corrias; A M Nurchi; E Puxeddu; R Mascia; G Frau

Congenital hepatic dysplasia from cytomegalovirus

Pathologica. 1993 Jan-Feb;85(1095):91-5.

Authors

E Dessy¹, A Corrias, A M Nurchi, E Puxeddu, R Mascia, G Frau

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Anatomic Pathology 2nd, University of Cagliari.

PMID: 8390640

Abstract

The Authors report on a case of liver dysplasia in a four-month-old infant affected by prenatal cytomegalovirus infection. Immunologic, histologic and ultrastructural studies suggest an embryopathic origin of the lesions.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / etiology
Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / pathology
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / embryology
Fetal Diseases / embryology
Fetal Diseases / microbiology*
Humans
Infant
Liver / abnormalities*
Liver / embryology
Liver / pathology
Male
Microcephaly / etiology