AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF INFECTIOUS-MONONUCLEOSIS - HEMATEMESIS AND MELENA

Authors
KOAY CB NORVAL C
Citation
Cb. Koay et C. Norval, AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF INFECTIOUS-MONONUCLEOSIS - HEMATEMESIS AND MELENA, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 109(4), 1995, pp. 335-336
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
109
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
335 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1995)109:4<335:AUPOAU>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Tonsillar haemorrhage is a rare complication of infectious mononucleos is. We present a case of life-threatening tonsillar haemorrhage second ary to infectious mononucleosis in a young man whose predominant sympt oms at presentation were haematemesis and melaena. The origin of the h aemorrhage was not obvious until the patient was examined under anaest hesia. The bleeding was controlled by emergency tonsillectomy.