INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS WITH JAUNDICE AND ABDOMINAL PAIN AS PRESENTING COMPLAINTS: REPORT OF CASE
Authors: W J MARTIN, E E WOLLAEGER, D C WORMER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 October 1956INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS WITH JAUNDICE AND ABDOMINAL PAIN AS PRESENTING COMPLAINTS: REPORT OF CASEDUNCAN C. WORMER, M.D., WILLIAM J. MARTIN, M.D., ERIC E. WOLLAEGER, M.D.DUNCAN C. WORMER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM J. MARTIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ERIC E. WOLLAEGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-4-718 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAn unusual case of infectious mononucleosis, in which jaundice and abdominal pain were the presenting complaints, was encountered at the Mayo Clinic. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss this particular case.CASE REPORTA 46 year old white housewife was admitted to the Mayo Clinic on January 9, 1955, with a chief complaint of "pain in the abdomen" of seven days' duration. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Received for publication June 25, 1955.From the Section of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClinical Utilization of Alkaline Phosphatase MeasurementsSerum alkaline phosphatase activity in hepatitis of infectious mononucleosisSerum alkaline phosphatase activity in diseases of the skeletal and hepatobiliary systemsTHE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS SIMULATING AN ABDOMINAL EMERGENCY: A CASE REPORT*ELLIS L. ROLETT, M.D., MARVIN H. SLEISENGER, M.D. 1 October 1956Volume 45, Issue 4Page: 718-724KeywordsAbdominal painGraduate medical educationHepatitis AHepatitis EPainPharyngitisPhosphatases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...