INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS ENCEPHALITIS: CASE REPORT
Authors: C R REAM, J W HESSING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 December 1954INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS ENCEPHALITIS: CASE REPORTCHARLES R. REAM, M.D., JOHN W. HESSING, M.D.CHARLES R. REAM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN W. HESSING, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-6-1231 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONAlthough infectious mononucleosis is a fairly common disease, central nervous system involvement occurs in only 0.7 to 1.0% of cases.1, 2 Encephalitis as a complication has been reported to date in only 15 cases.3 Since the neurologic features may be so outstanding on occasion, the primary disease process may remain obscure for some time. It is the purpose of this communication to report another case of infectious mononucleosis encephalitis ushered in by psychotic manifestations.CASE REPORTThis was the first Queens General Hospital admission of a 22 year old white female airline stewardess, who entered the hospital on January...Bibliography1. BernsteinWolff TCHG: Involvement of the nervous system in infectious mononucleosis, Ann. Int. Med. 33: 1120, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar2. WechslerRosenblumSills HFAHCT: Infectious mononucleosis: report of an epidemic in an Army Post, Ann. Int. Med. 25: 113 and 236, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar3. Leibowitz S: Infectious mononucleosis, Modern Medical Monographs, 1953, Grune and Stratton, New York. Google Scholar4. Ham TH: A syllabus of laboratory examinations in clinical diagnosis, 1951, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. Google Scholar5. AdairGouldSmadel CRLJE: Aseptic meningitis, Ann. Int. Med. 39: 675, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar6. CecilLoeb RLRF: A textbook of medicine, 8th Ed., 1953, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar7. Wintrobe MM: Clinical hematology, 1951, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar8. Kent CF: "False" positive Paul Bunnell (heterophile) reaction, Am. J. Clin. Path. 10: 576, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GoldmanFishkinPeterson RBGET: The value of the heterophile antibody reaction in the lymphomatous diseases, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 35: 681, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. CarpenterKohlerReilly GJEB: Elevated titers of serum heterophile antibodies in three instances of monocytic leukemia, Am. J. M. Sc. 220: 195, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. SilbersteinBernsteinStern JKTCT: Demonstration of heterophile antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid from patients with infectious mononucleosis, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 33: 1204, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. Gall EA: Serum phosphatase and other tests of liver function in infectious mononucleosis, Am. J. Clin. Path. 17: 529, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Evans AS: Liver involvement in infectious mononucleosis, J. Clin. Investigation 27: 106, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. RaymondWilliams RWRL: Infectious mononucleosis with psychosis, report of a case, New England J. Med. 239: 542, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Bercel NA: The electroencephalogram in cerebral complications of infectious mononucleosis, report of a case, J. Nerv. and Ment. Dis. 107: 537, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Jamaica, N. Y.*Received for publication April 27, 1954.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Queens Hospital Center, Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie infektiöse MononucleoseMononucleosis infectiosa (Pfeiffer’sches Drüsenfieber)Mononucleosis infectiosa (Pfeiffer’sches Drüsenfieber)REFERENCESCOMPLICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS*JASON NED SMITH JR., M.D. 1 December 1954Volume 41, Issue 6Page: 1231-1236KeywordsCentral nervous systemEncephalitisHospital medicineInfectious diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...