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Gallbladder wall thickening associated with infectious mononucleosis

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Acute infectious mononucleosis is a typical self-limited lymphoproliferative illness characterized by fever, tonsillar pharyngitis, and lymphadenopathy in adolescents and young adults. Thickening of the gallbladder wall is rarely observed. We report a case of infectious mononucleosis in which marked thickening of the gallbladder wall was detected by ultrasonography and computed tomography.

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  1. Department of General Internal Medicine, Yugawara Kousei-nenkin Hospital, 438 Miyakami, Ashigara-simo-gun, Kanagawa, 259-0396, Japan

    K. Yoshie, M. Ohta & N. Okabe

  2. Komatsu Clinic, 50-8 Miyakami, Ashigara-simo-gun, Kanagawa, 259-0314, Japan

    T. Komatsu

  3. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, 236-004, Japan

    S. Umemura

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Yoshie, K., Ohta, M., Okabe, N. et al. Gallbladder wall thickening associated with infectious mononucleosis. Abdom Imaging 29, 694–695 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-004-0173-8

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