Splenic infarction during Plasmodium ovale acute malaria: first case reported

Abstract The splenic complications of acute malaria include two different prognostic and treatment entities: splenic infarction and splenic rupture. This is the first case of splenic infarction during an acute malaria due to Plasmodium ovale in a 34-year-old man. As in the majority other described c...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Védy Serge, Ragot Céline, Adriamanantena Dina, de Saint Roman Charlotte, Plancade David, Rondel Candyce, Banal Frédéric, Cinquetti Gaël, Graffin Bruno
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-288
https://doaj.org/article/e90bfc254b6942d29fcb2254f125d616
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Summary:Abstract The splenic complications of acute malaria include two different prognostic and treatment entities: splenic infarction and splenic rupture. This is the first case of splenic infarction during an acute malaria due to Plasmodium ovale in a 34-year-old man. As in the majority other described cases of splenic infarction, the course was spontaneously favourable, suggesting that this complication was relatively benign compared to splenic rupture, which is life-threatening and usually necessitating surgery.

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