B-ENT

Alice in Wonderland syndrome and upper airway obstruction in infectious mononucleosis

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium

B-ENT 2011; 7: 51-54
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Alice in Wonderland syndrome and upper airway obstruction in infectious mononucleosis. The Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a rare clinical feature characterised by perceptual disturbances including visual disturbances and distortion of the body image. This uncommon – but often easy to recognise – syndrome, to which children seem particularly susceptible, can be defined in patients with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection. This report describes a 10-year-old child with a mild upper airway obstruction and manifestations of the Alice in Wonderland syndrome resulting from an acute EBV infection. Because meningo-encephalitis was considered in the differential diagnosis, an MRI examination was performed under midazolam sedation, leading to a severe life-threatening upper airway obstruction

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