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Case Reports
. 1981 Feb 7;282(6262):425-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6262.425.

Epstein-Barr-virus-carrying lymphoma in a patient with ataxia-telangiectasia

A K Saemundsen, A I Berkel, W Henle, G Henle, M Anvret, O Sanal, F Ersoy, M Cağlar, G Klein
Case Reports

Epstein-Barr-virus-carrying lymphoma in a patient with ataxia-telangiectasia

A K Saemundsen et al. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). .

Abstract

An undifferentiated lymphocytic lymphoma of mesenteric lymph nodes occurred in a young boy with ataxia-telangiectasia. Two independent tests, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-cRNA/DNA hybridisation and EBV DNA/DNA reassociation kinetic analysis, showed 53 and 68 EBV genome equivalents per cell respectively, which was compatible with an EBV-genome-carrying tumour. Whether this was a polyclonal lymphoproliferation or a monoclonal tumour could not be determined owing to lack of suitable material. The presence of EBV genomes should be sought in lymphomas arising in ataxia-telangiectasia and other immunodeficiencies.

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