Leukocytoclastic-vasculitic neuropathy associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection

Muscle Nerve. 2003 Jan;27(1):113-6. doi: 10.1002/mus.10287.

Abstract

We report a patient with leukocytoclastic-vasculitic neuropathy associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. A 55-year-old man had been suffering from chronic progressive axonal polyneuropathy and skin erythema for 3 years. A skin biopsy showed capillary vasculitis with clustered leukocyte fragments. Findings of serum assays, a polymerase chain reaction for EBV-DNA, and in situ hybridization indicated chronic EBV infection. Immunosuppressive treatment resulted in the gradual lessening of his general and neurologic symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications*
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neural Conduction
  • Polyneuropathies / pathology
  • Polyneuropathies / virology*
  • Sural Nerve / pathology
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / pathology
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / virology*