title: Splenic infarction as a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein-Barr virus infection in a patient with no significant comorbidity: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report the case of a 17-y-old boy diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein-Barr virus infection who complained of left upper quadrant pain. A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a splenic infarct in the enlarged spleen. Other causes of splenic infarction were excluded. Thus, infectious mononucleosis may cause splenic infarction in patients without other comorbidities.
authors: From the Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Edessa , Edessa , Greece.
authors: Eleni
authors: E
authors: Gavriilaki
authors: Nikolaos
authors: N
authors: Sabanis
authors: Eleni
authors: E
authors: Paschou
authors: Savas
authors: S
authors: Grigoriadis
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Mainou
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Gaitanaki
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Skargani-Koraka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology