A case of acute infectious mononucleosis presenting with very high ferritin.
Hepatitis is an important but uncommon manifestation of acute Epstein Barr infection. Infectious mononucleosis is usually a disease of young adults. We report a case of infectious mononucleosis in a 72-year old jaundiced gentleman with ferritin level of 2438 that normalised on clinical improvement.
Thoufeeq
Muhammed Hameed
MH
Department of Medicine, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, USA. mo.thoufeeq@gmail.com
Ali Khan
Shahul Leyakath
SL
Jain
Sanjiv Kumar
SK
Al-Shakerchi
Hasanain
H
Hussain
Munem
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male
D005293:Ferritins