MedicineInfectious DiseasesPathologyAutopsy PathologyHepatologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesAutopsy HistopathologyHepatic NecrosisHepatic PathologyHepatocellular NecrosisLiver DiseaseNecrosisAcute Hepatic FailureAcute Hepatic NecrosisAcute Hepatocellular NecrosisHepatic PathogenesisHepatocyte NecrosisInfectious Causes Of DeathInfectious MononucleosisMassive Hepatic Necrosis
A case is reported of a 19-year-old youth who developed infectious mononucleosis and died 17 days after the onset of the illness. At autopsy massive hepatic necrosis was found, associated with enlargement of the liver.