Epstein-Barr virus myelitis and Castleman's disease in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Albany, Costantine ^a   Psevdos, George ^a   Balderacchi, Jasminka ^a   Sharp, Victoria L ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; GADOLINIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PROTEIN; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER DISTENSION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG SWELLING; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPINAL CORD; SPLENOMEGALY; THORACIC SPINE; URINE RETENTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79957456031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-209     Document Type: Article

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