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- Title
Epstein-Barr virus positive peripheral T cell lymphoma with novel variants in STAT5B of a pediatric patient: a case report.
- Authors
Chen, Zihang; Gao, Limin; Wang, Mi; Tang, Yuan; Zhao, Sha; Liu, Weiping
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Epstein-Barr virus positive peripheral T cell lymphoma (EBV + PTCL) is a rare type of lymphoproliferative disorder which is always present in late adulthood. However, pediatric EBV + PTCL is extremely rare and always present with lymphadenopathy. Additionally, gene detection was not performed in all of these pediatric patients.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>We report an EBV + PTCL in a 9-year-old child with initial symptom of subcutaneous masses without lymph node involvement. Histologically, the neoplastic cells were centroblastoid with round or oval nuclei, slightly condensed chromatin and median eosinophilic inconspicuous nucleoli. Immunohistochemically, all neoplastic cells were positive for CD8, GranzymeB and TIA-1. Two novel variants (S420Y and E623K) were detected in STAT5B.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of EBV + PTCL with STAT5B variants of a pediatric patient presented as extranodal lesions.
- Subjects
EPSTEIN-Barr virus; T-cell lymphoma; CHILD patients; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE disorders; EPSTEIN-Barr virus diseases
- Publication
BMC Cancer, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2407
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12885-018-4311-z