[HHV-6 infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child]

E Seror; P DeVillartay; G Leverger; G Lenoir

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2007.09.011

[HHV-6 infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child]

Arch Pediatr. 2008 Jan;15(1):37-40. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.09.011. Epub 2007 Dec 26.

[Article in French]

Authors

E Seror¹, P DeVillartay, G Leverger, G Lenoir

Affiliation

¹ Service de pédiatrie générale, hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, AP-HP, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris cedex 15, France. seror.je@wanadoo.fr

PMID: 18162384
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.09.011

Abstract

We report the case of a child who was infected by HHV-6 and who started an acute lymphoblastic leukemia two months later. This case reminds that an etiologic role have been suggested for many viral infections in some leukemias in childhood, particularly the human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6).

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Blast Crisis
Blood Cell Count
Child, Preschool
Herpesvirus 6, Human*
Humans
Male
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / blood
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
Roseolovirus Infections / complications*