Open AccessMyopericarditis during acute Epstein-Barr virus infection: A case report
Author(s) -
Željko Mijailović,
Predrag Čanović,
Olgica Gajović,
Svetlana Tomasevic
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0610490m
Subject(s) - medicine , myopericarditis , epstein–barr virus infection , virology , epstein–barr virus , virus , intensive care medicine , myocarditis
Complications associated with infectious mononucleosis are rare, but occasionally they can occur involving hematological, neurological, cardiological and pulmological complications, as well as liver and spleen disorders, sometimes with lethal outcome. The most important cardiac complications are myocarditis and pericarditis.