Description

A number of conditions may complicate infectious mononucleosis. Some of these may be severe enough to require hospitalization (see previous section).


 

Complications of infectious mononucleosis:

(1) thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, erythroblastopenia, aplastic anemia

(2) hemolytic anemia (associated with anti-I and cryoglobulins)

(3) hypogammaglobulinemia or agammaglobulinemia

(4) hepatitis

(5) splenomegaly with or without rupture

(6) neurological disorders (meningoencephalitis, transverse myelitis, cerebellar ataxia, Bell's palsy, Guillian-Barre syndrome)

(7) nephritis

(8) interstitial pneumonitis

(9) myocarditis

(10) peripheral vasculitis

(11) parotiditis

(12) arthritis

(13) necrotizing lymphadenitis

(14) lymphoproliferative disease in immunocompromised hosts (primary immunodeficiency, organ transplant, other)

(15) T-cell or NK cell leukemia or lymphoma

(16) chronic active EBV infection (CAEBV)

(17) hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

(18) multi-organ failure

(19) possibly nasopharyngeal carcinoma

(20) X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP)

(21) uveitis or chiasmal neuritis

(22) syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH)

(23) skin rash

(24) oral hairy leukoplakia

 


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