[False-membrane pharyngitis and vélopalatine paralysis: false diphteria, true infectious mononucleosis (author's transl)].
Paralysis of the soft-palate occurring at the end of, or in conjunction with false-membrane pharyngitis with lymphadenopathies should prompt to think of diphteria. The reported case is concerning an 18 year-old girl in whom the affection of the last cranial nerves (IX-XI and XII) is falling within the rare but deceptive neurological forms of infectious mononucleosis. The evolution was favorable, as is normally the case when there are no respiratory complications.
D000293:Adolescent; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010160:Palate, Soft; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000209:etiology*
Angine à fausses membranes et paralysie vélopalatine: fausse diphtérie, vraie mononucleose infectieuse.