TY - JOUR
T1 - Infectious mononucleosis progressing of fatal malignant lymphoma
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Kobbervig, C.
AU - Norback, D.
AU - Kahl, B.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is nearly ubiquitous. While most primary EBV infections are mild and self-limited, occasional patients will develop severe complications of infectious mononucleosis (IM). Potentially fatal complications include fulminant hepatic failure, virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome and lymphoproliferative disorders. We report the case of an apparently immunocompetent 21-year-old woman with IM that progressed within weeks from a polyclonal B cell proliferation to a fatal B cell lymphoma.
AB - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is nearly ubiquitous. While most primary EBV infections are mild and self-limited, occasional patients will develop severe complications of infectious mononucleosis (IM). Potentially fatal complications include fulminant hepatic failure, virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome and lymphoproliferative disorders. We report the case of an apparently immunocompetent 21-year-old woman with IM that progressed within weeks from a polyclonal B cell proliferation to a fatal B cell lymphoma.
KW - Epstein-Barr virus
KW - Fatal infectious mononucleosis
KW - Lymphoma
KW - Lymphoproliferative disorders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037648765&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1042819031000079221
DO - 10.1080/1042819031000079221
M3 - Article
C2 - 12916875
AN - SCOPUS:0037648765
SN - 1042-8194
VL - 44
SP - 1215
EP - 1221
JO - Leukemia and Lymphoma
JF - Leukemia and Lymphoma
IS - 7
ER -