Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood

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  • Lisa A. Lansdon, PhD & Linda D. Cooley, MD, MBA

Cancer Category / Type

Cancer Sub-Classification / Subtype

  • Systemic EBV-Positive T-cell Lymphoma of Childhood

Definition / Description of Disease

  • A life-threatening clonal disease resulting from primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infected T-cells or in the setting of systemic chronic active EBV infection (CAEBV)
  • T-lymphocytes infected with EBV infiltrate the liver, spleen, lungs, skin and marrow, resulting in multiorgan failure, sepsis and death
  • Rapidly progressive
  • Most common in children and young adults after a primary EBV infection; can occur in adult patients


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Synonyms / Terminology

  • Fulminant EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of childhood
  • Sporadic fatal infectious mononucleosis
  • Fulminant hemophagocytic syndrome in children in Taiwan
  • Fatal EBV-associated hemophagocytic syndrome
  • Severe Chronic Active EBV Infection (CAEBV; legacy term)


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Epidemiology / Prevalence

  • Most prevalent in Asia (Japan and Taiwan)
  • Has been reported in Mexico, Central and South America
  • Rare in Western countries
  • Children and young adults
  • No sex predilection


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Clinical Features

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Signs & Symptoms [1][2][3][4][5][9][10]

  • Acute onset fever that is unresponsive to antibiotics
  • General malaise
  • Splenic and liver enlargement
  • Liver failure/jaundice
  • Lymphadenopathy (uncommon)

Laboratory Findings [2][5]

  • Pancytopenia
  • Abnormal liver function tests
  • Abnormal EBV serology with low or absent anti-VCA IgM antibodies
  • Hemophagocytic syndrome (coagulopathy, multiorgan failure and sepsis)
  • CAEBV infection (in some cases)

Sites of Involvement

Systemic disease with most commonly involved sites:

  • Liver
  • Spleen
  • Lymph nodes
  • Bone marrow
  • Skin
  • Lung


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Morphologic Features

  • Small T-cells
  • Medium to large lymphoid cells with irregular nuclei and frequent mitoses (less common)
  • Sinusoidal infiltration of liver and spleen with hemophagocytosis
  • Spleen: depleted white pulp
  • Liver: prominent portal and sinusoidal infiltration, cholestasis, steatosis and necrosis
  • Lymph nodes: preserved architecture, sinus histiocytosis and erythrophagocytosis
  • Bone marrow: histiocytic hyperplasia and erythrophagocytosis


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Immunophenotype


Finding Marker
Positive CD2, CD3, TIA1, CD8 (de novo EBV infection), CD4 (severe CAEBV)
Negative CD56


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Chromosomal Rearrangements (Gene Fusions)

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  • No reported gene fusions


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  • Monoclonal T-cell receptor gene rearrangements
  • Aneuploidies and chromosomal gains/losses have been observed but no observable patterns to-date; Associated with worse prognosis


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Gene Mutations (SNV / INDEL)

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  • All cases analyzed carry type A EBV with the wildtype or 30 bp deleted product of LMP1


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Epigenomic Alterations

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Genes and Main Pathways Involved

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Genetic Diagnostic Testing Methods

  • Morphology and immunophenotyping (IHC or flow cytometry)
  • Clonal proliferation of T cells (polyclonal cases have been reported[15])

Familial Forms

  • Racial predisposition suggests a genetic background; however, no specific genetic abnormalities have been detected

Additional Information

Differential Diagnosis[16][17]

  • Clinical and pathologic features of EBV-HLH and systemic EBV positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood overlap. These entities have been suggested to represent a biologic continuum
  • EBV-HLH is defined by a constellation of clinical symptoms and laboratory changes that might be triggered by EBV-associated lymphomas including aggressive NK-cell leukemia (ANKL) and systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood
  • EBV-HLH associated with genetic abnormalities (primary HLH) can be excluded by genetic analysis and family history
  • Systemic CAEBV infection is difficult to differentiate from systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma based only on morphologic grounds. The clinical information is necessary to achieve the correct diagnosis
  • ANKL is very similar to systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma but the tumor cells express NK cell markers (CD56+) and do not show monoclonal TCR gene rearrangements

Additional Information[13][18][19]

  • Poor outcomes overall due to cytokine storm in HLH
  • Survival rates lower with disease onset after 8 years and with liver dysfunction at diagnosis
  • Death due to rapid disease progression for which there is no effective treatment
  • No known treatment; some case reports of response to etoposide and dexamethasone-based regimen followed by allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kimura, H.; et al. (2001-07-15). "Clinical and virologic characteristics of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection". Blood. 98 (2): 280–286. doi:10.1182/blood.v98.2.280. ISSN 0006-4971. PMID 11435294.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Quintanilla-Martinez, L.; et al. (2000-07-15). "Fulminant EBV(+) T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder following acute/chronic EBV infection: a distinct clinicopathologic syndrome". Blood. 96 (2): 443–451. ISSN 0006-4971. PMID 10887104.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kikuta, H.; et al. (1993-12-01). "Fatal Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome". Blood. 82 (11): 3259–3264. ISSN 0006-4971. PMID 8241498.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Su, I. J.; et al. (1994-06). "Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects T lymphocytes in childhood EBV-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in Taiwan". The American Journal of Pathology. 144 (6): 1219–1225. ISSN 0002-9440. PMC 1887465. PMID 8203462. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Suzuki, Keiko; et al. (2004-05). "Clinicopathological states of Epstein-Barr virus-associated T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative disorders (severe chronic active EBV infection) of children and young adults". International Journal of Oncology. 24 (5): 1165–1174. ISSN 1019-6439. PMID 15067338. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Hue, Susan Swee-Shan; et al. (2020-01). "Epstein-Barr virus-associated T- and NK-cell lymphoproliferative diseases: an update and diagnostic approach". Pathology. 52 (1): 111–127. doi:10.1016/j.pathol.2019.09.011. ISSN 1465-3931. PMID 31767131. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ Ohshima, Koichi; et al. (2008-04). "Proposed categorization of pathological states of EBV-associated T/natural killer-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) in children and young adults: overlap with chronic active EBV infection and infantile fulminant EBV T-LPD". Pathology International. 58 (4): 209–217. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02213.x. ISSN 1440-1827. PMID 18324913. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ Kimura, Hiroshi; et al. (2003-02-15). "Prognostic factors for chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 187 (4): 527–533. doi:10.1086/367988. ISSN 0022-1899. PMID 12599068.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jones, J. F.; et al. (1988-03-24). "T-cell lymphomas containing Epstein-Barr viral DNA in patients with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infections". The New England Journal of Medicine. 318 (12): 733–741. doi:10.1056/NEJM198803243181203. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 2831453.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kanegane, H.; et al. (1998-03-15). "A syndrome of peripheral blood T-cell infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) followed by EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma". Blood. 91 (6): 2085–2091. ISSN 0006-4971. PMID 9490694.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Kasahara, Y.; et al. (2001-09-15). "Differential cellular targets of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection between acute EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and chronic active EBV infection". Blood. 98 (6): 1882–1888. doi:10.1182/blood.v98.6.1882. ISSN 0006-4971. PMID 11535525.
  12. ↑ Au, W.-Y.; et al. (2005-02). "Clinicopathologic features and treatment outcome of mature T-cell and natural killer-cell lymphomas diagnosed according to the World Health Organization classification scheme: a single center experience of 10 years". Annals of Oncology: Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. 16 (2): 206–214. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdi037. ISSN 0923-7534. PMID 15668271. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Smith, Megan C.; et al. (2014). "The ambiguous boundary between EBV-related hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and systemic EBV-driven T cell lymphoproliferative disorder". International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology. 7 (9): 5738–5749. ISSN 1936-2625. PMC 4203186. PMID 25337215.
  14. ↑ Chen, J. S.; et al. (1997-09). "Clonal karyotype abnormalities in EBV-associated hemophagocytic syndrome". Haematologica. 82 (5): 572–576. ISSN 0390-6078. PMID 9407723. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ↑ Chen, Guoshu; et al. (2014). "Systemic Epstein-Barr virus positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood with hemophagocytic syndrome". International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology. 7 (10): 7110–7113. ISSN 1936-2625. PMC 4230111. PMID 25400806.
  16. ↑ Montes-Mojarro, Ivonne A.; et al. (2020-01). "Epstein - Barr virus positive T and NK-cell lymphoproliferations: Morphological features and differential diagnosis". Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology. 37 (1): 32–46. doi:10.1053/j.semdp.2019.12.004. ISSN 0740-2570. PMID 31889602. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ↑ Cohen, Jeffrey I.; et al. (04 2020). "Epstein-Barr virus NK and T cell lymphoproliferative disease: report of a 2018 international meeting". Leukemia & Lymphoma. 61 (4): 808–819. doi:10.1080/10428194.2019.1699080. ISSN 1029-2403. PMID 31833428. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ↑ Kimura, Hiroshi; et al. (2012-01-19). "EBV-associated T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative diseases in nonimmunocompromised hosts: prospective analysis of 108 cases". Blood. 119 (3): 673–686. doi:10.1182/blood-2011-10-381921. ISSN 1528-0020. PMID 22096243.
  19. ↑ Yoshida, Masanori; et al. (03 2018). "Successful treatment of systemic EBV positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood using the SMILE regimen". Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 35 (2): 121–124. doi:10.1080/08880018.2018.1459982. ISSN 1521-0669. PMID 29648917. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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