UNLABELLED The authors present a rare case of acute bilateral dacryoadenitis in association with infectious mononucleosis. A 27 year-old woman had acute bilateral lacrimal gland enlargement with inflammatory signs. The CT scan findings and laboratorial investigations confirmed the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. The systemic treatment with intravenous steroids was initiated leading to co...

Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical syndrome characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy and pharyngitis. Neurologic complications of infectious mononucleosis, such as the development of Guillain-Barre syndrome, have been rarely reported and usually present late in the course of the disease. We describe a case of a 29 year old male with no significant past medical history who was diagnosed with ...

Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare but life-threatening complication of infectious mononucleosis. Abdominal pain and tachycardia are unusual in uncomplicated infectious mononucleosis and should alert a doctor to the possibility of spontaneous splenic rupture.

By MAJOR E. B. SMITH, M.C., AND LT. COL. R. P. CUSTER, MC. I NFECTIOUS mononucleosis is properly regarded as a benign disease. When death occurs it can be ascribed to a complication rather than to the disease itself. Pneumonia, edema of the glottis, and hemorrhage from a deep tonsillar ulceration were terminal conditions in a few cases of which we have personal knowledge. Rupture of the spleen ...

BACKGROUND Young adults with a history of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related infectious mononucleosis have an increased risk for Hodgkin's lymphoma. EBV is detected in Hodgkin's lymphoma Reed-Sternberg cells from some patients, but in young adult patients, it is detected at a relatively low frequency in these cells. Hodgkin's lymphoma and infectious mononucleosis are both associated with high soc...