Complications of infectious mononucleosis in adulthood. On the subject of a clinical case.

Abstract

Infectious mononucleosis is a disease caused mainly by the Epstein-Barr virus, it is widespread and it generally occurs in childhood and adolescence, cases in adulthood are rarely reported. Due to its very general characteristics such as thermal rise, pharyngitis and lymphadenopathy, being in most cases self-limited and together with a low incidence of complications in its evolution, it is usually no to diagnosed and it is confused with similar conditions such as the cold. However, there is a small percentage of these patients who can have much greater complications and can even lead to death if they are not properly diagnosed and managed, especially when they reach adulthood. Next, a clinical case of atypical mononucleosis is presented, since characteristics such as age, initial manifestations, as well as complications were not the usual ones, which is why it is proposed not to forget the existence of this pathology in differential diagnoses and the importance of an adequate assessment and management.