One Case of Infectious Mononucleosis Concurrent with Acute Erosive EBV Gastritis.
- Author:
Jai Hyun LEE
1
;
Sung Woo EUM
;
Ga Young KIM
;
Jae Dae SHIN
;
Jong Pil PARK
;
Hyun Soo KIM
;
Gun Woo KIM
;
Mi Jin GU
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. ig2@fatima.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Infectious mononucleosis;
Epstein-Barr virus;
Acute erosive gastritis
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Anorexia;
Biopsy;
Child;
Diarrhea;
Dyspepsia;
Endoscopy, Digestive System;
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections;
Fever;
Gastritis*;
Gastrointestinal Diseases;
Hand;
Headache;
Hemorrhage;
Hepatomegaly;
Herpesvirus 4, Human*;
Humans;
Infectious Mononucleosis*;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Nausea;
Pharyngitis;
Splenomegaly;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Vomiting;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2007;35(2):91-95
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Infectious mononucleosis is an EBV-induced infection, and this is a self-limiting clinical syndrome with such characteristics as fever, pharyngitis, headache, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly and multiple lymphadenopathy among children and young adults. On the other hand, EBV infection-induced gastrointestinal symptoms like anorexia, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, gastric bleeding and diarrhea are non-specific signs and there is less of a chance of EBV infection being involved with gastrointestinal disease. Especially, the relation of gastric cancer and gastric lymphoma with EBV infection is well defined, but other EBV-related gastrointestinal diseases have rarely been reported. Therefore, we report here on a case of acute erosive EBV gastritis that was diagnosed as EBV-induced infectious mononucleosis, and this was confirmed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy with biopsy.
