Fatal Systemic Vasculitis Associated with Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.

Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection is a rare disease with an often fatal outcome. Cardiovascular complications are associated with a poor prognosis. We herein describe the clinical course of an adult patient with Epstein-Barr virus-associated systemic vasculitis complicated by multi-systemic aneurysmal disease.