Epstein–Barr Virus Mucocutaneous Ulcer: An Unexpected Diagnosis of a New Entity

Epstein–Barr virus mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) is a new entity, only recently included in World Health Organisation classification of lymphoid neoplasms. Almost all cases described to date have been in patients with a predisposing risk factor of immunosuppression. This case presents a 21-year-old m...

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Autores principales: Howden, William, Kuo, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9989756
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description Epstein–Barr virus mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) is a new entity, only recently included in World Health Organisation classification of lymphoid neoplasms. Almost all cases described to date have been in patients with a predisposing risk factor of immunosuppression. This case presents a 21-year-old male admitted with tonsillitis and no overt immunosuppression, who is subsequently diagnosed with EBVMCU of likely iatrogenic origin.
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spelling pubmed-81286172021-05-26 Epstein–Barr Virus Mucocutaneous Ulcer: An Unexpected Diagnosis of a New Entity Howden, William Kuo, Tony Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Epstein–Barr virus mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) is a new entity, only recently included in World Health Organisation classification of lymphoid neoplasms. Almost all cases described to date have been in patients with a predisposing risk factor of immunosuppression. This case presents a 21-year-old male admitted with tonsillitis and no overt immunosuppression, who is subsequently diagnosed with EBVMCU of likely iatrogenic origin. Hindawi 2021-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8128617/ /pubmed/34046233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9989756 Text en Copyright © 2021 William Howden and Tony Kuo. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128617/
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