Cytomegalovirus infection of the thyroid in immunocompromised adults

Yale J Biol Med. 1987 Jan-Feb;60(1):1-8.

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) inclusions were discovered at autopsy in the thyroid follicles in five immunocompromised adults, four of whom had acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although reports of viral infections of the thyroid are uncommon in adults, our experience suggests that the thyroid gland may be commonly involved in patients with disseminated CMV, and the possibility exists that CMV infection of the thyroid has the potential to cause clinical dysfunction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
  • Adult
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections* / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / complications
  • Thyroid Diseases / etiology*
  • Thyroid Diseases / pathology