Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis
A 16-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with a painful 3 × 3 cm left-sided neck swelling six hours following blunt trauma to the neck from a heavy swinging door. A CT angiogram was performed which revealed a large haemorrhagic lymph node as well as generalised cervical lymphadenopat...
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description | A 16-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with a painful 3 × 3 cm left-sided neck swelling six hours following blunt trauma to the neck from a heavy swinging door. A CT angiogram was performed which revealed a large haemorrhagic lymph node as well as generalised cervical lymphadenopathy. The patient was eventually diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis. This case report describes a rare case of traumatic haemorrhagic cervical lymphadenopathy with an underlying diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. |
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spelling | doaj-art-6c6b2f880ae74989a7d78f4248e8dad52025-02-03T06:11:05ZengWileyCase Reports in Radiology2090-68622090-68702017-01-01201710.1155/2017/30974143097414Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious MononucleosisGeorge Rahmani0Sarah Power1Department of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, IrelandA 16-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with a painful 3 × 3 cm left-sided neck swelling six hours following blunt trauma to the neck from a heavy swinging door. A CT angiogram was performed which revealed a large haemorrhagic lymph node as well as generalised cervical lymphadenopathy. The patient was eventually diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis. This case report describes a rare case of traumatic haemorrhagic cervical lymphadenopathy with an underlying diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3097414 |
spellingShingle | George Rahmani Sarah Power Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis Case Reports in Radiology |
title | Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis |
title_full | Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis |
title_fullStr | Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis |
title_short | Traumatic Haemorrhagic Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Underlying Infectious Mononucleosis |
title_sort | traumatic haemorrhagic cervical lymphadenopathy with underlying infectious mononucleosis |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3097414 |
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