Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation

Mustafa Noor; Maryam Sadough; Stephanie Chan; Gurkeerat Singh

doi:10.1080/20009666.2017.1361291

Splenic infarct in a patient with Infectious Mononucleosis: a rare presentation

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2017 Sep 19;7(4):248-250. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1361291. eCollection 2017 Oct.

Authors

Mustafa Noor¹, Maryam Sadough², Stephanie Chan¹, Gurkeerat Singh³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Internal Medicine, Babol University of Medical Science, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Internal medicine, GBMC, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

We report a case of a 25-year-old obese, currently smoking, female diagnosed with EBV infectious mononucleosis. The patient complained of sudden onset abdominal pain with progressively increasing intensity in the left upper quadrant. Abdominal CT scan showed a wedge infarct of the spleen. We present this rare case that EBV may cause splenic infarct in young adults.

Keywords: EBV; fever; infectious mononucleosis; left upper-quadrant pain; lymphadenopathy; splenic infarct; splenomegaly; young female.

Publication types

Case Reports