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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1976;19(7):512-518. Published online July 31, 1976.

Two Cases of Infectious Mononucleosis

Soo Ha Park¹, Chang Hwi Kim¹, Sang Man Shin¹, Joong Sik Kim¹, Sang In Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics,College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Seoul,Korea
²Department of Clinical Pathology,College of Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul,Korea

Abstract

Two cases of infectious mononucleosis were presented. They were admitted with chief complaints of fever and puffy face for the past 2 weeks. They showed characteristic atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood smear associated with lymphocytosis. Monospot test was positive in first case, but negative in second case. They took self limtied course without any specific treatment and discharged without any complication. A brief review of literature was also presented.

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