An 11-year-old girl was seen with painless, bilateral periorbital edema, that had appeared a week before presentation. Additional symptoms included fever, headache and malaise. Serological tests performed three days later showed an active Epstein-Barr virus infection, which provided the diagnosis 'Pfeiffer's disease'. Bilateral periorbital edema can be the presenting manifestation of Epstein-Barr virus infection and should therefore be included in its differential diagnosis.
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