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Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer: A Unique and Curious Disease Entity.
International journal of molecular sciences - 21 Jan 2021
Ikeda Tomoka, Gion Yuka, Nishimura Yoshito, Nishimura Midori Filiz, Yoshino Tadashi, Sato Yasuharu
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) was first described as a lymphoproliferative disorder in 2010. EBVMCU is a unifocal mucosal or cutaneous ulcer that often occurs after local trauma in patients with immunosuppression; the patients generally have a good prognosis. It is histologically characterized by proliferating EBV-positive atypical B cells accompanied by ulcers. On the basis of...
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