Abstract
A 3-year-old boy with history of gastrostomy tube placement and cadaveric cytomegalovirus (CMV)-positive, renal transplant, into a CMV-negative recipient, presents because of rapidly growing hypertrophic epithelialized granulation tissue around the gastrostomy tube. The growth around the gastrostomy tube was resected and confirmed by pathology to be CMV. This case is of interest because all reported cases of cutaneous CMV have presented as ulcerations. CMV growth should be considered in the differential in a patient postrenal transplant.
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