Acute Constrictive Epicarditis Following Infectious Mononucleosis

Constrictive epicarditis following Coxsackie virus infection.

A case is presented of the rare condition of constrictive epicarditis, which was treated successfully by removal of the epicardium. This appears to be the first account of constrictive epicarditis following proven Coxsackie viral infection.

Hodgkin's disease following infectious mononucleosis.

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...

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.

Predictors of fatigue following the onset of infectious mononucleosis.

BACKGROUND Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is a risk factor for chronic fatigue. Reduced activity is the most consistent factor found to be associated with poor outcome following the onset of infectious mononucleosis. However, little is known about the biological mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of chronic fatigue following IM and no study, so far, has examined the relation between certain...