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by Robert J. Hoagland, 132 pp, 9 illus, $7.50, New York and London: Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1967.

Harry B. Greenberg, MD, Reviewer
New Orleans

JAMA. 1968;203(13):1145.

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In this monograph, Dr. Hoagland describes the clinical and laboratory manifestations of infectious mononucleosis. Based on his recorded personal experiences with 500 consecutive patients with this disease and on a comprehensive but highly selective review of the literature, he also clarifies the diagnostic requirements and corrects erroneous impressions of this commonly occurring ailment. According to Hoagland, fatal consequences may result from the misconception that in infectious mononucleosis abdominal pain simulates acute appendicitis. There should not be the slightest difficulty in distinguishing between infectious mononucleosis and appendicitis. Moreover, if severe, or even moderate, pain develops below the left costal margin of a patient with infectious mononucleosis, the diagnosis of a ruptured spleen should be considered.

This timely and important book gives a succinct but nonetheless detailed account of infectious mononucleosis, its differential diagnosis, and its complications. Short but excellent chapters also summarize developments in knowledge concerning pathology, pathogenesis, etiology, and epidemiology . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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