[A Splenic Infarct Developing After Plasmodium falciparum Infection].
Plasmodium vivax malaria is usually seen in our country. Plasmodium falciparum malaria is also detected in the patients who have travelled abroad. A 33 year old male patient applied to our hospital for control. One month ago our patient had travelled to Angola where P. falciparum malaria is endemic. He had been diagnosed with malaria in Iran and successfully treated with quinine, doxycycline, and clindamycin. This time in our patient without any complaints, splenomegaly and splenic infarction were found. In our patient follow-ups it was observed that splenic infarction shrank. Therefore, in this article we present this rare complication.
Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye. turanhale@yahoo.com.
Hale
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Turan
Turhan
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Togan
Hakan
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Oğuz
Hande
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Arslan
D000328:Adult; D000810:Angola; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013163:Splenomegaly; D014195:Travel
D000962:Antimalarials; D002981:Clindamycin; D011803:Quinine; D004318:Doxycycline