Introduction: Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is a human herpes virus 4, transmitted through intimate contact between susceptible persons and asymptomatic EBV shedders. It usually presents with fever, pharyngitis and lymphadenopathy. Majority of individuals with primary EBV infection recover uneventfully.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtranodal natural killer NK/T-cell lymphoma is a rare malignancy. The disease is common in some Asian countries such as China, Japan as well as in South America. We present a case of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma which presented as a pharyngeal ulcer in a 35-year-old Caucasian man.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is a rare subtype of thymic cancer with a poor prognosis; a few cases have been reported in the English literature. Strong clinical suspicion should be pursued in patient management decision making despite initial diagnostic studies, which sometimes mcould islead clinicians, as in our case.
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