Year 2021 / Volume 113 / Number 3
Letter
Epstein-Barr virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer mimicking sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.7272/2020

Juan Diego Castro Limo, Cristian Alexander Sierra Bernal, Elena Martínez Zamorano,

Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) belongs to a spectrum of EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disease. We present the case of an 89-year-old female with seronegative polyarthritis treated for several years with methotrexate (12.5 mg weekly). She also had asthenia, anorexia and a positive fecal immunohistochemical test. In view of the above, a colonoscopy was performed that revealed a polypoid mass with a malignant appearance in the sigmoid colon, which prevented the passage of the endoscope and was suggestive of colonic adenocarcinoma (CAC).
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Publication history

Received: 16/05/2020

Accepted: 01/06/2020

Online First: 20/11/2020

Published: 08/03/2021

Article Online First time: 188 days

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