Burkitt's lymphoma mimicking EBV disease as first sign of vertical HIV infection in an adolescent.
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.
Santilli
Veronica
V
DPUO, University Department of Pediatrics- Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy. veronica.santilli@hotmail.it
Mora
Nadia
N
Aquilani
Angela
A
Tchidjou
Hyppolite K
HK
Pontrelli
Giuseppe
G
De Vito
Rita
R
Lombardi
Alessandra
A
Bernardi
Stefania
S
Palma
Paolo
P
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
D018951:Antigens, CD20; D012367:RNA, Viral