Spontaneous rupture of the spleen as presenting event in infectious mononucleosis.
We report the case of a patient who underwent a life-saving splenectomy after spontaneous rupture of the spleen. The patient had no history of recent trauma and developed obvious clinical signs of infectious mononucleosis only 5 d after the splenectomy. Also of note was the late seroconversion in this patient.
Badura
R A
RA
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal.
Oliveira
O
O
Palhano
M J
MJ
Borregana
J
J
Quaresma
J
J
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000821:virology*