The role of ultrasound in the management and diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis

Currently, infectious mononucleosis (IM) is a clinically diagnosed condition. According to the American Family Physician criteria for IM, splenomegaly is the key factor that distinguishes IM from other causes of sore throat. Though heterophile antibody tests are often ordered to confirm diagnosis of...

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Autores principales: Farukhi, Sarah N, Fox, John C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24580968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-6-4
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description Currently, infectious mononucleosis (IM) is a clinically diagnosed condition. According to the American Family Physician criteria for IM, splenomegaly is the key factor that distinguishes IM from other causes of sore throat. Though heterophile antibody tests are often ordered to confirm diagnosis of IM, this test has a high false-negative rate early in the course of the disease. This case report provides an example of how the use of ultrasound to diagnose splenomegaly and subsequently mononucleosis increases diagnostic accuracy.
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spelling pubmed-39425142014-03-13 The role of ultrasound in the management and diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis Farukhi, Sarah N Fox, John C Crit Ultrasound J Case Report Currently, infectious mononucleosis (IM) is a clinically diagnosed condition. According to the American Family Physician criteria for IM, splenomegaly is the key factor that distinguishes IM from other causes of sore throat. Though heterophile antibody tests are often ordered to confirm diagnosis of IM, this test has a high false-negative rate early in the course of the disease. This case report provides an example of how the use of ultrasound to diagnose splenomegaly and subsequently mononucleosis increases diagnostic accuracy. Springer 2014-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3942514/ /pubmed/24580968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-6-4 Text en Copyright © 2014 Farukhi and Fox; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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