A case of Castleman disease with hemophagocytic syndrome derived from HHV8 infection

A case of Castleman disease with hemophagocytic syndrome derived from HHV8 infection

Abstract Background For a patient presenting with fever, multiple lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly, pathogen infection should be preferentially considered, followed by lymphoid malignancies. When traditional laboratory and pathological detection cannot find the pathogenic microorganism, metagenomic...

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Main Authors: Xiao Cui, Yongfeng Wu, Lin Jia, Jing Chang, Chuanyun Li, Caiping Guo, Tong Zhang, Yingmin Ma, Yulin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Human herpes virus-8
Multicentric Castleman disease
Hemophagocytic syndrome
Metagenomic sequencing technology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-021-00589-5

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