ArticleJournal of neurovirology2008
Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis presenting with a tumor-like lesion in an immunosuppressed transplant recipient.
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- Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis: A Review of Case Reports from the Last 25 Years.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Unpacking the CNS Manifestations of Epstein-Barr Virus: An Imaging Perspective.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023Review
- The spectrum of Epstein-Barr virus infections of the central nervous system after organ transplantation.Virology journal · 2021Review
- An Autopsy Case of Varicella Zoster Virus Encephalitis with Multiple Brain Lesions.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2020Article
- Post-transplant primary central nervous system lymphoma after Epstein-Barr virus cerebellitis.Journal of neurovirology · 2019Article
- Epstein-Barr Virus in Gliomas: Cause, Association, or Artifact?Frontiers in oncology · 2018Review
- Next-generation sequencing in neuropathologic diagnosis of infections of the nervous system.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2016Article
- CNS infections in patients with hematological disorders (including allogeneic stem-cell transplantation)-Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO).Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2016Article
- Opportunistic infections of the central nervous system in the transplant patient.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2013Review
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Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated central nervous system (CNS) infection is a rare disease. We report an atypical manifestation of EBV encephalitis initially presenting with a tumor-like lesion of the optic tract in an immunocompromised patient 8 years after a combined kidney and pancreas transplantation had been performed. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and antibody testing confirmed the diagnosis of EBV encephalitis, most likely as a consequence of a reactivated persistent EBV infection. After cessation of the immunosuppressive therapy and induction of treatment with ganciclovir, clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings rapidly improved.
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