A Case of Glandular Fever
نویسنده
چکیده
an infectious disease of children, characterised by swelling and tenderness of the lymph-glands of the neck, particularly those behind the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle. The fever is of short duration but the enlargement of the glands persists from ten days to three weeks. In many cases the post-cervical, inguinal and axillary glands are enlarged. As this sort of fever is rarely met with in practice, I am citing below a case for the in-
منابع مشابه
Amoxicillin-associated rash in glandular fever.
To cite: Fox R, Ghedia R, Nash R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015211622 DESCRIPTION Glandular fever, otherwise termed infectious mononucleosis, is a common cause of severe pharyngitis in adolescents and young adults. It is associated with acute Epstein-Barr virus infection. It is recognised that in the context of acute glandular fever, some an...
متن کاملAcute Suppurative Thyroiditis with Thyroid Abscess (Case Report and Review of the Literature)
Introduction: Thyroid gland is well known to resist infections by rich blood supply and lymphatic drainage, high glandular content of iodine which can be bactericidal and separation of the gland from other structures of neck. Primary thyroid abscess resulting from acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) is an unusual type of head and neck infection and it is a rare condotion in children so that p...
متن کاملA Case Report of Asymptomatic Glandular Odontogenic Cyst Mimicking as a Nasopalatine Duct Cyst
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Glandular odontogenic cyst is a rare developmental odontogenic cyst which most frequently occures in mandible. According to low incidence and unusual shape and location of this case, we decided to report the case. CASE REPORT: Here we present an asymptomatic case in anterior part of maxilla that radiographically was small and unilacular mimicking as a nasopalatine du...
متن کاملSteroid therapy in glandular fever.
Glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis is a disease of undetermined aetiology which may present variously. The literature is replete with accounts of its complications. In spite of the usually benign course, there remains a small mortality rate and it is therefore not surprising that adrenal corticosteroid treatment has been used in the severest forms of the illness. Doran et al.3 describe...
متن کاملA patient with respiratory obstruction in glandular fever.
Simcock, A. D., and Prout, B. J. (1974). Thorax, 29, 145-146. A patient with respiratory obstruction in glandular fever. Glandular fever is a common disease, and one of the most consistent features is enlargement of tonsillar and nasopharyngeal lymph nodes. This is usually of little serious consequence and, if difficulty in swallowing or breathing occurs, responds rapidly to treatment. We repor...
متن کاملGlandular Odontogenic Cyst Associated with Impacted Tooth: A Case Report
Glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC) is an uncommon developmental cyst. It accounts for 0.012% to 1.3% of all the jaw cysts; its prevalence is 0.17%. It was described by Gardner et al. in 1988 as a distinct entity. GOC has a slight predilection for mandible and affect more commonly in the middle-aged patients. Radiographic and clinical features of this cyst are not pathognomonic or specific. Only t...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016