A 12-year-old girl presented with fever, sore throat, and right cervical lymphadenopathy. Peripheral blood examination revealed mild lymphocytosis. Serologic tests for antibodies against toxoplasma, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex were all negative. A monospot test was also negative. The patient was treated with antibiotics without improvement of clinical symptoms. A lymph node biopsy was performed (Figs. 67.1 and 67.2).
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(2009). Case 67. In: Sun, T. (eds) Atlas of Hematologic Neoplasms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89848-3_68
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