A Boy with Chronic Active EBV Infection Presented as Mosquito Bite Hypersensitivity Progressed to Fatal Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis due to NK Cell Neoplasm

A Boy with Chronic Active EBV Infection Presented as Mosquito Bite Hypersensitivity Progressed to Fatal Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis due to NK Cell Neoplasm

Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (CAEBV) infection is characterized by recurrent infectious mononucleosis (IM)-like symptoms and an unusual pattern of anti-EBV antibodies. We report a boy with CAEBV who progressed to aggressive hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) with NK cell neoplasm. A 19-ye...

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Main Authors: Jin Ah Lee, Seung Beom Han, Nack Gyun Chung, Jin Han Kang, Myungshin Kim, Dae Chul Jeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2019-10-01
Series:Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Subjects:
chronic active epstein-barr virus infection
hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
nk cell neoplasm
mosquito bite hypersensitivity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15264/cpho.2019.26.2.95

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