Spontaneous Rupture of Malarial Spleen: Report of Two Cases

Malaria is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Saudi Arabia. The infection has serious consequences in those residing in non endemic regions on travelling to endemic areas, due to lack of immunity to the parasite. In this report, we describe the clinical course o...

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Autores principales: Rabie, M Ezzedien, Hashemey, Ahmad Al, Hakeem, Ismail El, Hakamy, Mohammad Ali Al, Obaid, Mahmoud, Skaini, Mohammad Al, Shabbir, G, Sareii, Saeed Al, Hussain, Mir Najeeb
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21415982
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2010.036
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Sumario:Malaria is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Saudi Arabia. The infection has serious consequences in those residing in non endemic regions on travelling to endemic areas, due to lack of immunity to the parasite. In this report, we describe the clinical course of two patients who travelled to a malaria endemic area. Both contracted the infection and presented with splenic rupture. They received splenectomy in addition to the appropriate antimalarial medications, with successful outcome.

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