What is it about?
Protracted colitis in 2 young boys due to chronic active EBV infection.
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Why is it important?
Being a rare cause of chronic colitis in paediatric age group of Asian origin, this entity is not well recognized by clinicians, leading to delay in diagnosis or misdiagnosis.
Perspectives
Unexplained chronic colitis in children is one indication to do EBER ISH on the colonic biopsies.
Dr Florence Cheung
Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong
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This page is a summary of: Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell-associated colitis mimicking inflammatory bowel disease: clinicopathological study of two cases, Histopathology, August 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/his.12773.
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