Splenic Infarct Due to Scrub Typhus

Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease that has the potential to involve multiple organs and can be fatal. Involvement of the abdomen in the form of hepatitis, gastric ulcerations and pancreatitis are well-documented, the pathology being disseminated vasculitis. However involvement of the s...

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Autores principales: Raj, Selvin Sundar, Krishnamoorthy, Adhiti, Jagannati, Manjeera, Abhilash, Kundavaram PP
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24926171
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.132055
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author Raj, Selvin Sundar
Krishnamoorthy, Adhiti
Jagannati, Manjeera
Abhilash, Kundavaram PP
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description Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease that has the potential to involve multiple organs and can be fatal. Involvement of the abdomen in the form of hepatitis, gastric ulcerations and pancreatitis are well-documented, the pathology being disseminated vasculitis. However involvement of the spleen in scrub typhus is extremely rare and is reported only in a few autopsy studies. We report the case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with fever and left upper quadrant abdominal pain due to a splenic infarct due to scrub typhus.
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spelling pubmed-40490472014-06-12 Splenic Infarct Due to Scrub Typhus Raj, Selvin Sundar Krishnamoorthy, Adhiti Jagannati, Manjeera Abhilash, Kundavaram PP J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease that has the potential to involve multiple organs and can be fatal. Involvement of the abdomen in the form of hepatitis, gastric ulcerations and pancreatitis are well-documented, the pathology being disseminated vasculitis. However involvement of the spleen in scrub typhus is extremely rare and is reported only in a few autopsy studies. We report the case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with fever and left upper quadrant abdominal pain due to a splenic infarct due to scrub typhus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4049047/ /pubmed/24926171 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.132055 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Splenic Infarct Due to Scrub Typhus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24926171
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.132055
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