title: Burkitt's lymphoma mimicking EBV disease as first sign of vertical HIV infection in an adolescent.
abstract: Burkitt's Lymphoma (BL) rarely represents the first clinical manifestation of vertical HIV infection in adolescent in Western Europe. We report the case of a 17 year-old boy with two week history of fever and enlarged cervical lymph nodes firstly misdiagnosed as EBV infection, subsequently diagnosed as Burkitt's Lymphoma and vertical HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: DPUO, University Department of Pediatrics- Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy. veronica.santilli@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santilli
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aquilani
authors.forename: Hyppolite K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Tchidjou
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pontrelli
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Vito
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018951:Antigens, CD20 / Q000276:immunology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D018951:Antigens, CD20; D012367:RNA, Viral