Case report: HSV lymphadenitis in immunocompromised patient with CLL

Talal Al-Assil1, Shane Handelsman1, Faisal Ansari2

  • 1Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.

Frontiers in Oncology
|December 20, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with lymphadenopathy may have herpes simplex virus (HSV) lymphadenitis, not Richter's transformation. Prompt diagnosis and antiviral therapy are crucial for managing this infection and CLL recurrence.