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Case Reports
. 1977 Oct;72(4):535-8.
doi: 10.1378/chest.72.4.535.

Infectious mononucleosis and fatal myocarditis

W Frishman, M E Kraus, J Zabkar, V Brooks, D Alonso, L M Dixon
Case Reports

Infectious mononucleosis and fatal myocarditis

W Frishman et al. Chest. 1977 Oct.

Abstract

Mycocarditis is an uncommon manifestation and, very rarely, a lethal complication of infectious mononucleosis. A 14-year-old girl initially had exudative pharyngitis and splenomegaly and developed refractory ventricular fibrillation. The diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis was confirmed by both a strongly positive heterophil antibody test and a high titer of Epstein-Barr virus. Pathologic studies demonstrated extensive histiocytic and lypmhocytic infiltration of the myocardium.

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