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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
We report the case of a young Caucasian man who presented with polyneuropathy and severe, ultimately fatal, congestive heart failure in the context of a chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Post-mortem examination revealed both monoclonal and polyclonal proliferation of EBV-positive atypical T lymphocytes within different organs. Predominant infiltration of the nervous system and heart with extensive myocardial scarring accounted for the clinical symptoms. The remarkable features of this case are (i) the occurrence in a Caucasian patient, (ii) the absence of detectable immunodeficiency, and (iii) the myocardial destruction by EBV-infected monoclonal T cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Fatal atypical T-cell proliferation associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Pathology and Department of Rheumatology, Charité Hospital Berlin, and Institute of Pathology, University Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. steffen.hauptmann@charite.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports