CERVICAL ABSCESS - A LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATION OF INFECTIOUS-MONONUCLEOSIS

The former view of infectious mononucleosis as an invariably benign disease has been modified in recent years by reports of life-threatening complications. A case is presented of a deep cervical abscess complicating infectious mononucleosis which came close to a fatal conclusion. The implications for the management of the illness are discussed in the ligth of this rare event, no exactly similar instance of which has been recorded.