Splenic infarction during Plasmodium ovale acute malaria: first case reported

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 s...

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Autores principales: Cinquetti, Gaël, Banal, Frédéric, Rondel, Candyce, Plancade, David, de Saint Roman, Charlotte, Adriamanantena, Dina, Ragot, Céline, Védy, Serge, Graffin, Bruno
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20955610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-288
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Sumario: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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