Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoma causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Alberto Plate [2]

Causes

The EBV induces the pathophysiology of this lymphoma by the induction of cytokines and chemokines[1][2]. This infected patients show hypersensititivty to sunlight and mosquito bites, which can precipitate the clinical features of the illness[3].

References

  1. Nava VE, Jaffe ES (2005). "The pathology of NK-cell lymphomas and leukemias". Adv Anat Pathol. 12 (1): 27–34. PMID 15614162.
  2. Kimura H, Kawada J, Ito Y (2013). "Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoid malignancies: the expanding spectrum of hematopoietic neoplasms". Nagoya J Med Sci. 75 (3–4): 169–79. PMID 24640173.
  3. Swerdlow, Steven (2008). WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. ISBN 9789283224310.

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