{"title":"Infectious Mononucleosis Presenting as Near-Fatal Tracheal Obstruction.","authors":"Sunil Kumar, Sanyukta Hepat, Sourya Acharya, Samarth Shukla, Shraddha Jain, Abhijit Wadekar, Gaurav Jagtap, Siva Reddy","doi":"10.4103/jgid.jgid_38_22","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infectious mononucleosis (IM) caused by Epstein-Barr virus is a self-limiting condition and usually carries a benign course. It is usually seen in adolescents and young adults. However, complications can occur in a small percentage of patients such as splenic rupture, myocarditis, and meningitis. Tracheal obstruction as a result of IM is extremely rare. In this case report, we highlighted a rare complication of nearly fatal tracheal obstruction in a young patient of IM that was managed timely by emergency tracheostomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":51581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Infectious Diseases","volume":"15 1","pages":"28-30"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d5/73/JGID-15-28.PMC10118205.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Global Infectious Diseases","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_38_22","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Infectious mononucleosis (IM) caused by Epstein-Barr virus is a self-limiting condition and usually carries a benign course. It is usually seen in adolescents and young adults. However, complications can occur in a small percentage of patients such as splenic rupture, myocarditis, and meningitis. Tracheal obstruction as a result of IM is extremely rare. In this case report, we highlighted a rare complication of nearly fatal tracheal obstruction in a young patient of IM that was managed timely by emergency tracheostomy.
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