Open AccessEpstein-Barr Virus-Positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer mimicking sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma: case report
Author(s) -
Juan Diego Castro Limo,
Cristian Alexander Sierra Bernal,
Elena Martínez Zamorano
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7272/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , mucocutaneous zone , sigmoid colon , adenocarcinoma , dermatology , gastroenterology , cancer , rectum , disease
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).