A Rare Complication of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection

A 42-year-old man with a 6-month-long fever was found to have chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection complicated by aneurysmal coronary arteries with other arteries. In adult patients with this infection, coronary aneurysms are rare but are a poor prognostic factor. (Level of Difficulty: Interm...

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Autores principales: Kang, Ryeonshi, Tanaka, Toshikazu D., Ogasawara, Yoji, Yoshimura, Michihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.03.022
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Sumario:A 42-year-old man with a 6-month-long fever was found to have chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection complicated by aneurysmal coronary arteries with other arteries. In adult patients with this infection, coronary aneurysms are rare but are a poor prognostic factor. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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