Acute appendicitis and infectious mononucleosis.

Acute cerebellar ataxia and infectious mononucleosis.

A 28-year-old man, who presented with acute cerebellar ataxia, was found to have haematological features of infectious mononucleosis. There was serological evidence of recent infection with Epstein-Barr virus. It is speculated that cerebellar dysfunction results from virus-induced inflammatory changes within the central nervous system.

Splenic infarction associated with acute infectious mononucleosis

A 22-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 3-day history of left upper quadrant abdominal pain. Five days prior to admission, he had continuous fatigue, fever, and sore throat lasting for 1 week. Laboratory studies on admission showed a white blood cell count of 6,240/μL (normal range, 3,210 to 9,680) with 51% lymphocytes, 8% of which were atypical. A contrast-enhanced ultrasound son...

Pseudohyperkalaemia and infectious mononucleosis.

Pseudohyperkalaemia is described from a patient with infectious mononucleosis. The in vitro release of potassium was associated with clotting and all the blood cells may have been involved.

Infectious Mononucleosis and Porphyria

LIVER involvement in infectious mononucleosis is a well-recognised entity usually causing "hepatitis" or a hepato-cellular dysfunction. have reported a focal infiltration of mononuclear cells with reticulocyte proliferation and necrosis, and in fact one series of fifteen cases (Cohn and Lidman) all showed impairment of the liver as judged by abnormal biochemistry. Sherlock (1958) states that th...

Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis).