Authors: Tomohisa Sujino Hirotoshi Ebinuma Naoki Hosoe Susumu Okamoto Hiroyuki Imaeda Yuuichirou Hayashi Makio Mukai Haruhiko Ogata Takanori Kanai Toshifumi Hibi
Publish Date: 2012/09/21
Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 883-886
Abstract
Infectious mononucleosis IM caused by Epstein–Barr virus EBV presents with fever pharyngitis and lymphadenopathy 1 Gastrointestinal tract involvement is extremely rare EBVassociated gastritis is difficult to distinguish from gastric malignancies such as gastric carcinoma and malignant lymphoma 2 We report a 37yearold man with EBVassociated gastritis complicated with cerebellar encephalitisA 37yearold man noticed general fatigue sore throat slight fever and dizziness without abdominal symptoms He underwent an appendectomy at 17 years old and took no medications Blood examination at another clinic revealed elevated liver enzymes AST 124 IU/l ALT 100 IU/l and 3 atypical lymphocytes among all white blood cells He was referred to our hospital
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