“…A CMV infection can cause histologic changes that mimic GI GVHD, namely epithelial apoptosis, and differentiation between the 2 diagnoses without the appropriate contextual information is difficult (Figure 2, A through D). 14,15,17,21,23,32 Biopsies were evaluated for CMV with hematoxylin-eosin stain (eg, viral inclusions) and IHC, which was performed on all biopsy sites of all endoscopies. Clinical evidence of CMV infection (eg, positive CMV PCR results on peripheral blood and/or positive CMV IHC results on biopsy) was found in 82 of 250 cases (33%).…”