A case of abdominal-pelvic infiltrative lesion of chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) belongs to a subfamily of herpesviruses, also known as human herpesvirus type 4. EBV is widely distributed in the population, with a high infection rate of 90%. EBV infects mainly B lymphocytes, stimulates cell proliferation and transformation and even causes cancer. In rece...

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Published inEuropean journal of inflammation Vol. 18; p. 205873922093688
Main Authors Xue, Tianjiao, Ye, Huan, Li, Fang, Luo, Chengyu, Liu, Shumei, Luo, Jing, Tan, Yanguo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2020
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
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Subjects
Epstein-Barr virus
Infections
chronic active Epstein–Barr
unusual diseases
virus
abdominal-pelvic infection
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Summary:Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) belongs to a subfamily of herpesviruses, also known as human herpesvirus type 4. EBV is widely distributed in the population, with a high infection rate of 90%. EBV infects mainly B lymphocytes, stimulates cell proliferation and transformation and even causes cancer. In recent years, it has been found that it can also infect T lymphocytes, epithelial cells and natural killer (NK) cells and can cause related diseases. EBV infection can cause a variety of clinical symptoms and clinical manifestations, which brings some confusion to clinical diagnosis and easily leads to missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. In this article, we report a case of EBV-induced severe abdominal and pelvic infection, which eventually led to death.
ISSN:1721-727X
2058-7392
2058-7392
DOI:10.1177/2058739220936889