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Xue T, Ye H, Li F, Luo C, Liu S, Luo J, Tan Y. A case of abdominal-pelvic infiltrative lesion of chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection. EUR J INFLAMM 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/2058739220936889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tianjiao Xue
- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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