Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
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Case Report

Novel Diagnostic Tool CISH to Demonstrate CMV DNA by Light Microscopy-A Case Report of CMV Colitis

Barodawala SM¹, Majethia NK^2* and Chadha K³

¹Department of Histopathology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Maharashtra, India

²Department of Pathology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Maharashtra, India

³Department of Oncopathology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author:

Majethia NK
Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals
Maharashtra, India
Tel: 02223735555
Email: nikhilmajethia@gmail.com

Received date: August 03, 2016; Accepted date: September 19, 2016; Published date: September 27, 2016

Citation: Barodawala SM, Majethia NK, Chadha K (2016) Novel Diagnostic Tool CISH to Demonstrate CMV DNA by Light Microscopy-A Case Report of CMV Colitis. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 6:472. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000472

Copyright: © 2016 Majethia NK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License; which permits unrestricted use; distribution; and reproduction in any medium; provided the original author and source are credited.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are generally thought to be opportunistic especially in the setting of an immunosuppressed host. We present an unusual case of CMV colitis with liver abscess observed in an immunocompetent patient. The right diagnosis was made after implementation of Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization (CISH) on colonic biopsy tissue. Our purpose is therefore to familiarize fellow colleagues and clinicians with possible role of CISH in the diagnosis of this entity.

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