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{{Main|CMV}}
{{Main|CMV}}
*Abbreviated ''CMV colitis''.
*Abbreviated ''CMV colitis''.
===General===
{{Main|Cytomegalovirus colitis}}
*Uncommon.
*Immunosuppressed population at risk, e.g. transplant recipients, individuals with [[HIV]].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Enlarged nucleus - classically in endothelial cells.
 
DDx:
*[[Infectious colitis]] without a distinctive morphology.
*CMV colitis superimposed on [[inflammatory bowel disease]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:CMV_colitis_-_intermed_mag.jpg | CMV colitis - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:CMV_colitis_-_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | CMV colitis - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunarcaustic/4615988256/ CMV colitis (flickr.com/lunar caustic)].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunarcaustic/4615988164/ CMV colitis (flickr.com/lunar caustic)]
===IHC===
*CMV +ve.
 
Others:
*HSV-1.
*HSV-2.
*VZV.
*[[EBV]].


==Intestinal spirochetosis==
==Intestinal spirochetosis==
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