Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation
We report a case of a 25-year-old obese, currently smoking, female diagnosed with EBV infectious mononucleosis. The patient complained of sudden onset abdominal pain with progressively increasing intensity in the left upper quadrant. Abdominal CT scan showed a wedge infarct of the spleen. We present...
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2017-10-01
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| author | Mustafa Noor Maryam Sadough Stephanie Chan Gurkeerat Singh |
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| description | We report a case of a 25-year-old obese, currently smoking, female diagnosed with EBV infectious mononucleosis. The patient complained of sudden onset abdominal pain with progressively increasing intensity in the left upper quadrant. Abdominal CT scan showed a wedge infarct of the spleen. We present this rare case that EBV may cause splenic infarct in young adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8eb3ea862d154cf7bea71b42632317982023-01-02T04:57:25ZengGreater Baltimore Medical CenterJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662017-10-017424825010.1080/20009666.2017.13612911361291Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentationMustafa Noor0Maryam Sadough1Stephanie Chan2Gurkeerat Singh3Greater Baltimore Medical CenterInternal Medicine, Babol University of Medical ScienceInternal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical CenterGBMCWe report a case of a 25-year-old obese, currently smoking, female diagnosed with EBV infectious mononucleosis. The patient complained of sudden onset abdominal pain with progressively increasing intensity in the left upper quadrant. Abdominal CT scan showed a wedge infarct of the spleen. We present this rare case that EBV may cause splenic infarct in young adults.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1361291EBVsplenomegalysplenic infarctyoung femaleinfectious mononucleosisfeverleft upper-quadrant painlymphadenopathy |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa Noor Maryam Sadough Stephanie Chan Gurkeerat Singh Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives EBV splenomegaly splenic infarct young female infectious mononucleosis fever left upper-quadrant pain lymphadenopathy |
| title | Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation |
| title_full | Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation |
| title_fullStr | Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation |
| title_short | Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation |
| title_sort | splenic infarct in a patient with infectious mononucleosis a rare presentation |
| topic | EBV splenomegaly splenic infarct young female infectious mononucleosis fever left upper-quadrant pain lymphadenopathy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1361291 |
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