Splenic Infarction: An Under-recognized Complication of Infectious Mononucleosis?

Splenic infarction is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis. We describe 3 cases of splenic infarction attributed to infectious mononucleosis that we encountered within a 2-month period. We underscore the awareness of this potential complication of infectious mononucleosis and discuss the...

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Autores principales: Li, Yan, George, Ann, Arnaout, Sami, Wang, Jennifer P, Abraham, George M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29577060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy041
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George, Ann
Arnaout, Sami
Wang, Jennifer P
Abraham, George M
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description Splenic infarction is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis. We describe 3 cases of splenic infarction attributed to infectious mononucleosis that we encountered within a 2-month period. We underscore the awareness of this potential complication of infectious mononucleosis and discuss the differential diagnosis of splenic infarction, including infectious etiologies. While symptomatic management is usually sufficient for infectious mononucleosis-associated splenic infarction, close monitoring for other complications, including splenic rupture, is mandated.
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spelling pubmed-58530032018-03-23 Splenic Infarction: An Under-recognized Complication of Infectious Mononucleosis? Li, Yan George, Ann Arnaout, Sami Wang, Jennifer P Abraham, George M Open Forum Infect Dis ID Case Splenic infarction is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis. We describe 3 cases of splenic infarction attributed to infectious mononucleosis that we encountered within a 2-month period. We underscore the awareness of this potential complication of infectious mononucleosis and discuss the differential diagnosis of splenic infarction, including infectious etiologies. While symptomatic management is usually sufficient for infectious mononucleosis-associated splenic infarction, close monitoring for other complications, including splenic rupture, is mandated. Oxford University Press 2018-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5853003/ /pubmed/29577060 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy041 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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