Acute Infectious Lymphocytosis in ChildhoodMüferet Ergüven, Neslihan Ö. Sağlam, Yasemin Katıöz, Sevil ÖzçayGöztepe SSK Hospital, Children Clinic, Istanbul
Infectious lymphocytosis is characterized by mild complaints, vomiting, diarrhea, upper respiratory tract infection, abdominal pain, slight or absent fever, symptom of short duration. There is no enlargement of liver, spleen or lymph nodes white blood cell counts varying from 40.000 to 100.000/mm3, lymphocyte rate is % 70. There is no anemia or thrombocytopenia. This disease to be differentiated from acut leukemia, infectious mononucleosis and lymphocytosis accompanying certain infections, particularly pertusis. Prognosis is excellent and no treatment required. We aimed to emphisize with these cases that when lymphocytosis is found the differential diagnosis must include acut infectious lymphocytosis Keywords: Lymphocytosis, infectious lymphocytosis
Çocukluk Çağı Akut İnfeksiyöz LenfositozuMüferet Ergüven, Neslihan Ö. Sağlam, Yasemin Katıöz, Sevil ÖzçayGöztepe SSK Eğitim Hastanesi, Çocuk Kliniği, İstanbul Anahtar Kelimeler: Lenfositoz, infeksiyöz lenfositoz
Müferet Ergüven, Neslihan Ö. Sağlam, Yasemin Katıöz, Sevil Özçay. Acute Infectious Lymphocytosis in Childhood. Medeniyet Med J. 2001; 16(3): 160-161
Corresponding Author: Müferet Ergüven, Türkiye |
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