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Congenital cytomegalovirus is caused when an infected mother passes the virus to the fetus through the placenta. The infant is characteristically born with a rash, a large spleen or liver, jaundice, inflammation of the retina, and a small head.
Review Date:8/21/2006
Reviewed By: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director RxRemedy and A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team.
Reviewed By: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director RxRemedy and A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team.
