Infectious Mononucleosis Presenting With Facial Diplegia

Bilateral Facial Diplegia: A Rare Presenting Symptom of Lyme

Lyme disease is a common disease that is faced by the physician but also acts a mimicker of many other disease processes. Facial palsies, especially bilateral, are a relatively rare presenting symptom of Lyme disease and may warrant further investigation. A thorough history and physical examination coupled with precision testing may aid the physician when faced with a patient with the diagnosti...

Genital ulcerations as presenting symptom of infectious mononucleosis.

There have been rare case reports in the specialty medical literature describing an association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and genital ulcerations in women and men. This association is not well known to primary care physicians, however, and it is not described in various widely used reference texts. Lack of awareness of this condition can lead to expensive, unnecessary diagnosti...

Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis).

Glandular Fever: Infectious Mononucleosis

Chronic infectious mononucleosis.

I N A GROUP of 2.06 patients who had infectious mononucleosis, had some symptoms which persisted for from three months to at least four years or longer. The syndrome included ease of fatigue, exhaustion, aching of the legs, weakness, depression, afternoon elevation of temperature (99.8 to 101 F.), moderate splenomegaly, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, often low specific gravity of the urin...