Table 1 Endoscopic findings and localisation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) inclusion bodies in patients with CMV enterocolitis.
| Colonoscopic findings | Localisation of CMV inclusion bodies | CMV antigenaemia | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erosion | Ulceration | Oozing | Other | T/I | Caecum | A/C | T/C | D/C | S/C | Rectum | ||
| Case 1 | NA | NA | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/2‡ | 0/1 | 0/2 | 50 | ||||
| Case 2 | 1/2 | NA | NA | 0/5 | 1/2‡ | 0/1‡ | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 14 | |
| Case 3 | 1/4 | NA | NA | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1‡ | 0/1‡ | 0/1‡ | 0/1‡ | 8 |
| Case 4 | NA | NA | 1/5 | NE | 0/2 | 1/3 | 296 | |||||
| Case 5 | NA | NA | NA | 3/3* | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 61 | ||||
| Case 6 | 5/5 | NA | NA | NE | 3/3 | 2/2 | 932 | |||||
| Case 7 | 1/1 | 0/3† | NA | NE | 0/1 | 1/4‡ | 871 | |||||
| Case 8 | 5/7 | NA | NA | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/2‡ | 0/2 | 3/3‡ | 108 | |||
Each column represents total CMV inclusion bodies per biopsy specimens.
*Biopsy specimens were obtained from the edge of the exfoliation of the mucosa.
†Punched out ulceration.
‡Presence of erosion.
NA, not applicable; NE, not examined; T/I, terminal ileum; A/C, ascending colon; T/C, transverse colon; D/C, descending colon; S/C, sigmoid colon.