Infectious mononucleosis with pleural effusion.
We have described a 10-year-old child in whom a pleural effusion complicated an otherwise typical case of IM. Although rare, pleural effusions are a possible complication of infectious mononucleosis, and IM should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions in children.
Cloney
D L
DL
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville.
Kugler
J A
JA
Donowitz
L G
LG
Lohr
J A
JA
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography