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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
Case report
Glandular fever and Epstein-Barr virus-related polyneuropathy: a life-threatening complication
  1. Colm Brendan Dorris,
  2. Donna Gallagher and
  3. Myles Black
  1. Otorhinolaryngology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
  1. Correspondence to Colm Brendan Dorris; cdorris02{at}qub.ac.uk

Abstract

An 18-year-old woman presented with a 1-week history of sore throat, lethargy and fevers. She was subsequently diagnosed with glandular fever and was managed conservatively. Following 1 week of conservative measures, she developed acute upper airway obstruction requiring emergency surgical tracheostomy insertion. Further investigation including electromyography demonstrated multiple cranial nerve neuropathies.

  • ear
  • nose and throat
  • ear
  • nose and throat/otolaryngology
  • infectious diseases
  • cranial nerves
  • otolaryngology / ENT

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-235678

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors CBD: lead author. DG: review of the manuscript. MB: supervising consultant, patient under his care, review of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.