Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection occurs mainly in adolescents and young adults, with more than 90% of adults having serological evidence of past infection. Primary infection in those over the age of 40 is associated with an atypical and often more severe presentation that can lead to more...

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Autores principales: Babiker, Hani M., Wiedenbeck, Troy, Robetorye, Ryan S., Acharya, Utkarsh, Wilansky, Susan, Kusne, Shimon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/318358
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author Babiker, Hani M.
Wiedenbeck, Troy
Robetorye, Ryan S.
Acharya, Utkarsh
Wilansky, Susan
Kusne, Shimon
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description Primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection occurs mainly in adolescents and young adults, with more than 90% of adults having serological evidence of past infection. Primary infection in those over the age of 40 is associated with an atypical and often more severe presentation that can lead to more extensive and invasive, and often unnecessary, diagnostic testing. The incidence of severe EBV-related illness in older adults has been observed to be increasing in industrialized nations. The characteristic presentation of infectious mononucleosis (IM) syndrome in elderly patients (age > 65) is not clearly defined in the literature. Here, we describe a case of primary EBV infection in an 80-year-old female and review the literature regarding primary seroconversion in elderly patients.
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spelling pubmed-35831132013-03-09 Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Babiker, Hani M. Wiedenbeck, Troy Robetorye, Ryan S. Acharya, Utkarsh Wilansky, Susan Kusne, Shimon Case Rep Med Case Report Primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection occurs mainly in adolescents and young adults, with more than 90% of adults having serological evidence of past infection. Primary infection in those over the age of 40 is associated with an atypical and often more severe presentation that can lead to more extensive and invasive, and often unnecessary, diagnostic testing. The incidence of severe EBV-related illness in older adults has been observed to be increasing in industrialized nations. The characteristic presentation of infectious mononucleosis (IM) syndrome in elderly patients (age > 65) is not clearly defined in the literature. Here, we describe a case of primary EBV infection in an 80-year-old female and review the literature regarding primary seroconversion in elderly patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3583113/ /pubmed/23476662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/318358 Text en Copyright © 2013 Hani M. Babiker et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Babiker, Hani M.
Wiedenbeck, Troy
Robetorye, Ryan S.
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Wilansky, Susan
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Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Acute Systemic Viral Infection Masquerading as an Infiltrating Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort acute systemic viral infection masquerading as an infiltrating lymphoma in an elderly patient: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/318358
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