Italian Journal of Pediatrics (Apr 2010)

Burkitt's lymphoma mimicking EBV disease as first sign of vertical HIV infection in an adolescent

  • Lombardi Alessandra,
  • De Vito Rita,
  • Pontrelli Giuseppe,
  • Tchidjou Hyppolite K,
  • Aquilani Angela,
  • Mora Nadia,
  • Santilli Veronica,
  • Bernardi Stefania,
  • Palma Paolo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-36-34
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 1
p. 34

Abstract

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Abstract Burkitt's Lymphoma (BL) rarely represents the first clinical manifestation of vertical HIV infection in adolescent in Western Europe. We report the case of a 17 year-old boy with two week history of fever and enlarged cervical lymph nodes firstly misdiagnosed as EBV infection, subsequently diagnosed as Burkitt's Lymphoma and vertical HIV infection.