Systemic T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disease Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus: A Literature Review and a Case Report
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is ubiquitous, being identified in 90-95 % of adults. Its reactivation in immunodeficiency conditions often leads to clonal transformation of B-lymphocytes and development of B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases (LPD) and B-cell lymphomas. At the same time, in the countries of North-East and East Asia, as well as Latin America, non-immunocompromised patients sometimes demonstrate the development of EBV-associated T-cell lymphoproliferative diseases. The present paper reports a rare case of EBV-associated systemic T-LPD with lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly as well as acute autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a man of Caucasian race. Complex analysis of anamnestic, pathomorphological, and laboratory data allowed to distinguish this disease from T-cell lymphoma and choose the appropriate patient management strategy.