title: EBV-associated lymphoma and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in an adult without overt immunodeficiency.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disease occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised states. This type of malignancy nevertheless developed in a woman without overt immunocompromise. She presented with rapidly progressive lower extremity weakness that was consistent with a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). CIDP has been documented in Hodgkin's disease but rarely in non-Hodgkin's disease. Diagnosis was confirmed by lymph node and sural nerve biopsies and by nerve conduction studies. Prednisone, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and etoposide were administered with regression of lymphadenopathy and improvement in neurologic symptoms. EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disease can thus develop in the absence of overt immunodeficiency and may trigger a demyelinating polyneuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Yvette L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kasamon
authors.forename: Thanh N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Alessandra F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Nascimento
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology