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Case Report

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

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Pages 248-250 | Received 12 Apr 2017, Accepted 20 Jul 2017, Published online: 19 Sep 2017
 

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.

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