TY - JOUR
T1 - Large-vessel arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection
AU - Murakami, Kazuhiro
AU - Ohsawa, Masahiko
AU - Hu, Shu Xin
AU - Kanno, Hiroyuki
AU - Aozasa, Katsuyuki
AU - Nose, Masato
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PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - This report describes an autopsy case of large-vessel arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in a 10- year-old Japanese girl. All of the 3 main coronary arteries, bilateral common carotid and subclavian arteries, abdominal aorta and its major branches, and bilateral common iliac arteries were involved, and all showed aneurysmal dilation of the lumens. Histopathologic examination revealed mesoarteritis characterized by moth-eaten-appearing destruction of the medial elastic laminae, with T lymphocyte infiltration around the vasa vasorum and severe intimal thickening. The EBV DNA genome was detected in the diseased aortic tissue by polymerase chain reaction, and in the infiltrating lymphocytes by in situ hybridization. The clinical symptoms and histopathologic manifestations of the arterial lesions in this patient were obviously different from those of Kawasaki disease and Takayasu arteritis, and the arteritis was considered to be associated with the EBV infection.
AB - This report describes an autopsy case of large-vessel arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in a 10- year-old Japanese girl. All of the 3 main coronary arteries, bilateral common carotid and subclavian arteries, abdominal aorta and its major branches, and bilateral common iliac arteries were involved, and all showed aneurysmal dilation of the lumens. Histopathologic examination revealed mesoarteritis characterized by moth-eaten-appearing destruction of the medial elastic laminae, with T lymphocyte infiltration around the vasa vasorum and severe intimal thickening. The EBV DNA genome was detected in the diseased aortic tissue by polymerase chain reaction, and in the infiltrating lymphocytes by in situ hybridization. The clinical symptoms and histopathologic manifestations of the arterial lesions in this patient were obviously different from those of Kawasaki disease and Takayasu arteritis, and the arteritis was considered to be associated with the EBV infection.
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U2 - 10.1002/1529-0131(199802)41:2<369::AID-ART22>3.0.CO;2-S
DO - 10.1002/1529-0131(199802)41:2<369::AID-ART22>3.0.CO;2-S
M3 - Article
C2 - 9485096
AN - SCOPUS:0031909925
VL - 41
SP - 369
EP - 373
JO - Arthritis and Rheumatism
JF - Arthritis and Rheumatism
SN - 0004-3591
IS - 2
ER -