O'Dell K B, Gordon R S
Department of Emergency Medicine, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina.
Ann Emerg Med. 1992 Sep;21(9):1160-2. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80665-1.
A 24-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis presented with fever and left upper quadrant pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a splenic abscess that at laparotomy was found to have ruptured. This case illustrates a rare cause of splenic abscess and a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis.