Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer: A case report and systematic review of the literature

Experimental Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Roberts, Toni K ^a   Chen, Xueyan ^a   Liao, Jay Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell neoplasm; Epstein Barr virus; Epstein Barr virus positive mucocutaeneous ulcer disease; Immunosenescence; Lymphoproliferative disorder; Radiation therapy; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8 T CELL COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS POSITIVE MUCOCUTANEOUS ULCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FACIAL SWELLING; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; GUM HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MOUTH PAIN; MOUTH ULCER; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEPSIS; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84978021286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40164-016-0042-5     Document Type: Article

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