Case Report Infectious mononucleosis mimicking malignant T-cell lymphoma in the nasopharynx: a case report and review of the literature

Hong-Lin He, Ming-Chung Wang, Wan-Ting Huang
2013 Int J Clin Exp Pathol   unpublished
Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is Epstein-Barr virus-associated and self-limited lymphoproliferative disorder. The histopathologic features of the nasopharynx in IM are rarely described. In this report, we described a patient of IM with atypical T-cell proliferation in the nasopharynx. In-situ hybridization for EBV-encoded RNA with immunostaining against CD20 was used for evaluation of EBV infection. The histopathologic features of IM could mimic malignant T-cell lymphoma. It should be
more » ... ate reactive T-cell lymphoproliferation from malignant lym-phoma in the nasopharynx.
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