Splenic infarction during Plasmodium ovale acute malaria: first case reported.
The splenic complications of acute malaria include two different prognostic and treatment entities: splenic infarction and splenic rupture. This is the first case of splenic infarction during an acute malaria due to Plasmodium ovale in a 34-year-old man. As in the majority other described cases of splenic infarction, the course was spontaneously favourable, suggesting that this complication was relatively benign compared to splenic rupture, which is life-threatening and usually necessitating surgery.
Cinquetti
Gaël
G
Service de Médecine Interne et Maladie Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Legouest, 27 avenue de Plantières, BP 90001, 57077 METZ Cedex 3, France. gael.cinquetti@gmail.com
Banal
Frédéric
F
Rondel
Candyce
C
Plancade
David
D
de Saint Roman
Charlotte
C
Adriamanantena
Dina
D
Ragot
Céline
C
Védy
Serge
S
Graffin
Bruno
B
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D041122:Plasmodium ovale / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed