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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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Multiple splenic infarctions with a rare etiology
Harish Kumar, Veer Bahadur Singh, Babu Lal Meena, Rajesh Kumar, Jatin Agrawal
Department of Medicine, SP Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Harish Kumar
Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2455-3069.184127
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Malaria is the most common parasitic infection in tropical countries such as India, and it causing a major economic burden on the Asian and African countries. Splenic complication is common in Plasmodium falciparum infection, but splenic infarction itself is a rare clinical entity in P. falciparum infection. Herein, we are presenting a case report of an 18-year-old male patient who presented to the department of medicine with a complaint of pain abdomen. On the next day of admission, the patient had complained of fever with chills and rigor. Routine blood investigations including peripheral smear examination for malarial parasites were sent. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) of the abdomen was performed to diagnose the cause of abdominal pain after the findings of infarction in ultrasonography. CECT showed multiple infarctions of spleen and peripheral blood film showed ring forms of P. falciparum. Hence, we should always rule out splenic complication in cases of malaria which present with fever and left hypochondrium pain. |
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