Cytomegalovirus colitis in the immunocompetent patient is an unusual clinical entity. We describe a patient with life-threatening cytomegalovirus colitis in the absence of immune deficiency and review the medical literature available on this topic.
Total abdominal colectomy, pelvic peritonectomy, and end-ileostomy is a technically feasible procedure and is advocated for the palliation of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of appendiceal origin. It is not clear if the procedure should be advocated for more invasive gastrointestinal malignancies.
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