Restrepo CS, Chen MM, Martinez-Jimenez S, Carrillo J, Restrepo C. Chest neoplasms with infectious etiologies. World J Radiol 2011; 3(12): 279-288 [PMID: 22224176 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v3.i12.279]
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Carlos S Restrepo, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Mail Code 7800, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States. crestr@gmail.com
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World J Radiol. Dec 28, 2011; 3(12): 279-288 Published online Dec 28, 2011. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v3.i12.279
Chest neoplasms with infectious etiologies
Carlos S Restrepo, Melissa M Chen, Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, Jorge Carrillo, Catalina Restrepo
Carlos S Restrepo, Melissa M Chen, Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, Jorge Carrillo, Catalina Restrepo, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Mail Code 7800, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States
Author contributions: Chen MM, Restrep CS reviewed and summarized the literature that provided the basis of the manuscript. Martinez-Jimenez C, Carrillo J and Restrepo C contributed to the conceptual design of the manuscript and data interpretation.
Correspondence to: Carlos S Restrepo, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Mail Code 7800, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States. crestr@gmail.com
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Received: May 4, 2011 Revised: September 19, 2011 Accepted: October 11, 2011 Published online: December 28, 2011
Abstract
A wide spectrum of thoracic tumors have known or suspected viral etiologies. Oncogenic viruses can be classified by the type of genomic material they contain. Neoplastic conditions found to have viral etiologies include post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, lymphoid granulomatosis, Kaposi’s sarcoma, Castleman’s disease, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, leukemia and lymphomas. Viruses involved in these conditions include Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus 8, human papillomavirus, Simian virus 40, human immunodeficiency virus, and Human T-lymphotropic virus. Imaging findings, epidemiology and mechanism of transmission for these diseases are reviewed in detail to gain a more thorough appreciation of disease pathophysiology for the chest radiologist.
