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A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report
Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is a rare and lethal condition caused by persistent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Signs and symptoms of CAEBV infection include fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. Due to life-threatening consequences such as multiple organ failur...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9647082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36397893 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30158 |
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author | Alotaibi, Yousef Albogami, Mahdi Alsaedy, Abdulrahman Khubrani, Rashed Al Ahmadi, Bushra |
author_facet | Alotaibi, Yousef Albogami, Mahdi Alsaedy, Abdulrahman Khubrani, Rashed Al Ahmadi, Bushra |
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description | Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is a rare and lethal condition caused by persistent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Signs and symptoms of CAEBV infection include fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. Due to life-threatening consequences such as multiple organ failure, hemophagocytic syndrome, EBV-positive lymphoproliferative illness, and coagulopathy, early identification is important for successful therapy. However, because of the wide range of clinical symptoms, it might be difficult to diagnose the disease due to limited clinical experience and a low number of reports. We report a case of CAEBV in a 59-year-old woman from Saudi Arabia. We present the hospital course of the patient from admission until the patient's death as well as the clinical and pathological findings with a review of the literature. This is a rare case of CAEBV in Saudi Arabia. |
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spelling | pubmed-96470822022-11-16 A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report Alotaibi, Yousef Albogami, Mahdi Alsaedy, Abdulrahman Khubrani, Rashed Al Ahmadi, Bushra Cureus Internal Medicine Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is a rare and lethal condition caused by persistent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Signs and symptoms of CAEBV infection include fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. Due to life-threatening consequences such as multiple organ failure, hemophagocytic syndrome, EBV-positive lymphoproliferative illness, and coagulopathy, early identification is important for successful therapy. However, because of the wide range of clinical symptoms, it might be difficult to diagnose the disease due to limited clinical experience and a low number of reports. We report a case of CAEBV in a 59-year-old woman from Saudi Arabia. We present the hospital course of the patient from admission until the patient's death as well as the clinical and pathological findings with a review of the literature. This is a rare case of CAEBV in Saudi Arabia. Cureus 2022-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9647082/ /pubmed/36397893 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30158 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alotaibi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Alotaibi, Yousef Albogami, Mahdi Alsaedy, Abdulrahman Khubrani, Rashed Al Ahmadi, Bushra A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report |
title | A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report |
title_full | A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report |
title_short | A Lethal Manifestation of Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report |
title_sort | lethal manifestation of chronic active epstein-barr virus infection: a case report |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9647082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36397893 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30158 |
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