[Splenic infarction in Plasmodium falciparum malarial attack].
Splenic infarct during P. falciparum malaria is rare but well known. We report one case where ultrasonography and computed tomography suggested the diagnostic, showing respectively in splenic parenchyma a peripheral hypoechoic lesion and a low attenuation lesion. Diagnostic was confirmed by spontaneous regression during following days. We shall encounter more frequently than nowadays this rare entity due to expanding tourism and P. falciparum resistance.
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Service de Radiologie C, tropicales Hôpital Saint-Jacques, C.H.R.U. Besançon.
Estavoyer
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Leroy
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Costaz
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Infarctus splénique au cours d'un accès palustre a Plasmodium falciparum.