A Syndrome Resembling Infectious Mononucleosis After Splenectomy for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Authors: ARTHUR ROSENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 December 1965A Syndrome Resembling Infectious Mononucleosis After Splenectomy for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic PurpuraARTHUR ROSENBERG, M.D., ELLIS J. VAN SLYCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.ARTHUR ROSENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELLIS J. VAN SLYCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-6-965 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThirty-four splenectomies for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura were performed at the Henry Ford Hospital from January, 1955, to February, 1965. Twenty-one of these patients had chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and 13 had acute cases. Of these, the authors recognized three instances of apparent infectious mononucleosis that occurred during surgical convalescence and that had its onset 3 to 5 weeks after splenectomy. The cases occurred sporadically, one each in 1957, 1960, and 1965. Two of these occurred in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and one in a patient with an acute case. Thus, the incidence of this course of events was...References1. DOWNEYMCKINLAY HCA: Acute lymphadenosis compared with acute lymphatic leukemia. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 32: 82, 1923. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MIALE JB: Laboratory Medicine—Hematology, 2nd ed. The C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1962, p. 611. Google Scholar3. CARTWRIGHT GE: Diagnostic Laboratory Hematology, 3rd ed. Grune & Stratton, New York, 1963, p. 320. Google Scholar4. BERGSTROMDAHLSTROM IG: Fever with a blood picture resembling infectious mononucleosis in operated tuberculosis cases. Acta Tuberc. Scand. 34: 132, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. GOTHMANOHLSSON BWT: Fever with hematologic changes resembling infectious mononucleosis as a sequel of blood vessel grafting. Angiology 10: 355, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. 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