Epstein-Barr virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer with a background of Crohn's disease and Waldenström macroglobulinaemia: a case report highlighting diagnostic pitfalls

Histopathology. 2018 Apr;72(5):874-877. doi: 10.1111/his.13420. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Authors

Larissa Sena Teixeira Mendes¹, James McCaul², Andrew Wotherspoon^{1

3}, Ayoma D Attygalle^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Histopathology Department, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
² Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
³ Histopathology Department, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.

PMID: 29044604
DOI: 10.1111/his.13420

No abstract available

Keywords: EBV; Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma; immunosuppression; mucocutaneous ulcer; squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Crohn Disease / complications*
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications*
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Palatine Tonsil / pathology*
Palatine Tonsil / virology
Ulcer / complications*
Ulcer / diagnosis*
Ulcer / virology
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / complications*