title: [Clinical analysis of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Discussing the clinical features of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the methods of variant lymphocyte count, heterophil agglutination test and EBVCA-IgA detection to diagnose 6 cases of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six cases of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis are cured without upper airway obstruction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We must pay attention to the variant lymphocyte count when tonsillitis is diagnosed. Some cases of infectious mononucleosis in convalescence or without hepatic functional lesion and renal functional lesion are easily misdiagnosised and missed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Huaxi Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. yongfeng33@sina.com
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Chuanyu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000175:diagnosis