Spontaneous regression of an EBV-associated monoclonal large B cell proliferation in the mastoid of a young child following surgical biopsy

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-559

  McCabe, Martin G ^a,b   Hook, C Elizabeth ^a   Burke, G A Amos ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DLBCL; EBV; Lymphoma; Spontaneous regression; Spontaneous resolution

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CASE REPORT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MASTOID; MASTOIDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50249125784     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21637     Document Type: Article

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