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Published on: November 16, 2015
[Clinical analysis of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis]
1Department of Otolaryngology, Huaxi Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. yongfeng33@sina.com
Objective:
Discussing the clinical features of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis.
Method:
We used the methods of variant lymphocyte count, heterophil agglutination test and EBVCA-IgA detection to diagnose 6 cases of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis.
Result:
Six cases of infectious mononucleosis misdiagnosised as tonsillitis are cured without upper airway obstruction.
Conclusion:
We must pay attention to the variant lymphocyte count when tonsillitis is diagnosed. Some cases of infectious mononucleosis in convalescence or without hepatic functional lesion and renal functional lesion are easily misdiagnosised and missed.
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