All issues > Volume 24(9); 1981

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(9):872-876. Published online September 15, 1981.

One case of Infectious Mononcleosis.

Kyung Sook Cho¹, Do Keum Na¹, Byung Gyu Kim¹, Sook Hyeon Yun¹, Jong Dae Jo¹, In Sun Jeon²

¹Department of Pediatrics , Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
²Department of Clinical Pathology, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.

Abstract

A case of infectious mononucleosis was presented. She was admitted to the hospital with the anterior cervical lymphadenopathy. Erythematous skin rashes on both low extermities, and splenomegaly. Her chief complaints were fever and sore throat. She showed atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood smear with relative lymphocytosis. Mono-spot test was positive. She received symptomatic therapy and discharged without any complications. So, we report this case and review the brief literatures of infectious mononucleosis with the respect to etiology, clinical course, and histological characteristics of the disease.

Keywords :Lymphadenopathy;Infectious mononucleosis;Mono-spot test