A Boy with Chronic Active EBV Infection Presented as Mosquito Bite Hypersensitivity Progressed to Fatal Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis due to NK Cell Neoplasm

• Main Authors: Jin Ah Lee (Author), Seung Beom Han (Author), Nack Gyun Chung (Author), Jin Han Kang (Author), Myungshin Kim (Author), Dae Chul Jeong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (CAEBV) infection is characterized by recurrent infectious mononucleosis (IM)-like symptoms and an unusual pattern of anti-EBV antibodies. We report a boy with CAEBV who progressed to aggressive hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) with NK cell neoplasm. A 19-ye...