title: A case of acute infectious mononucleosis presenting with very high ferritin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, USA. mo.thoufeeq@gmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammed Hameed
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Thoufeeq
authors.forename: Shahul Leyakath
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ali Khan
authors.forename: Sanjiv Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Hasanain
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Shakerchi
authors.forename: Munem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins