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Renal enlargement associated with infectious mononucleosis

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A 5 1/2 year old boy developed severe infectious mononucleosis (I.M.) with fever and hepatitis persisting for eight weeks. The diagnosis of I.M. was confirmed serologically by the development of a heterophile antibody and an ox cell hemolysin. During the acute illness, bilaterally enlarged kidneys were noted by intravenous urography even though the patient had no significant clinical or laboratory evidence of renal disease. Fifteen months following discharge, clinical and laboratory findings were normal and the kidneys had decreased markedly in size.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    Ronald C. Ablow

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    Lawrence Drew

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    Yolanda Seys

  4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, 06510, Conn., USA

    Ronald C. Ablow

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Ablow, R.C., Drew, L. & Seys, Y. Renal enlargement associated with infectious mononucleosis. Pediatr Radiol 3, 114–116 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01000125

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