Splenic infarction during Plasmodium ovale acute malaria: first case reported

• 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

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.