Mononeuritis Multiplex Associated With Infectious Mononucleosis

MPO-ANCA associated vasculitis with mononeuritis multiplex following influenza vaccination

Background Although influenza vaccines are generally safe and effective, a variety of autoimmune phenomena have been reported after vaccination over the past years, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, pemphigus vulgaris, psoriasis, giant cell arteritis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV). Case report We describe the case of a 67-year ...

Septal panniculitis associated with 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...

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria associated with infectious mononucleosis.

A previously healthy 16-yr-old girl was found to have pancytopenia, low reticulocyte count, a cellular bone marrow, and a negative Coombs test, all coincident with clinical and laboratory evidence of infectious mononucleosis. Symptoms and signs of infectious mononucleosis subsided, but pancytopenia and hemolytic anemia persisted. Sucrose hemolysis and acid hemolysis tests supported a diagnosis ...

Lymphoma presenting as mononeuritis multiplex.

A case is reported of mononeuritis multiplex, the peripheral nerve lesions being caused by metastatic deposits of lymphoma in muscle. The patient also had a past history of a facial nerve palsy and the GuillainBarr6 syndrome. This case portrays an interesting spectrum of unusual manifestations of neoplastic disease both with regard to metastatic spread and peripheral neurological involvement.