Case report: spontaneous rupture of the spleen due to dengue fever

Miranda, L.E.C.; Miranda, S.J.C.; Rolland, M.

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases An Official Publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases 7(6): 423-425

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 1413-8670
PMID: 14636483
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702003000600011
Document Number: 241954
Spontaneous rupture of the spleen has been described in cases of hematologic, neoplasic and infectious diseases, or resulting from pancreatitis. We report a rare case of spontaneous splenic rupture, and favorable evolution after splenectomy, in a patient with dengue fever, which occurred during the last outbreak of dengue fever in Brazil.

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