Postsurgical skin ulcers caused by cytomegalovirus vasculopathy in a renal transplant recipient

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Shikha Rao, Emory University; Justin Cheeley, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2020-07-01
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2020 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published by Elsevier, Inc.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.04.037
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JAAD Case Reports
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 7
• Start Page: 643
• End Page: 645
• Grant/Funding Information: None
• Keywords: vasculopathy; dehiscence; cytomegalovirus; renal transplant; CMV, cytomegalovirus; pyoderma gangrenosum; aphthous; owl's eye; herpes; stomatitis; post-surgical
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) rarely affects the skin, with variable presentations including palpable purpura, tissue ischemia, and sclerodermoid plaques. We present a case of postsurgical pyoderma-like ulcerations caused by CMV-induced vasculopathy in a renal transplant recipient.