Dengue fever associated with a haematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle.
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.
Ganeshwaran
Y
Y
National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. yganeshwaran@yahoo.com
Seneviratne
S M
SM
Jayamaha
R
R
De Silva
A P
AP
Balasuriya
W K
WK
D000368:Aged; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017568:Rectus Abdominis