title: Dengue fever associated with a haematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle.
abstract: We describe a patient with dengue fever with a haematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle, due to a tear in the inferior epigastric artery following episodes of retching. From the literature reviewed, we noted that there are no previous reports of dengue fever associated with muscle haematomas.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. yganeshwaran@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ganeshwaran
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Seneviratne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayamaha
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: De Silva
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Balasuriya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017568:Rectus Abdominis