Non-traumatic rupture of malarial spleen

Spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen.

Spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen is uncommon even in highly endemic areas of malaria. We report an eight year old girl who presented with spontaneous splenic rupture following malaria. She recovered with conservative management.

Non-Traumatic Rupture of the Spleen

BACKGROUND A non-traumatic rupture of the spleen is a rare, serious condition with a high mortality rate. This sort of rupture can occur in a healthy patient or in patients with an underlying disease such as an infection or a haematological disorder. CASE DESCRIPTION Here we describe a 52-year-old man who had Legionella pneumonia and suffered a spontaneous rupture of the spleen. He had to und...

Non-traumatic rupture of spleen: can splenectomy be applied selectively?

BACKGROUND Non-traumatic rupture of the spleen is a rare condition. It can occur in a pathological spleen caused by any of a variety of diseases. For yet unknown reasons this condition may sometimes involve an apparently normal spleen as well. OBJECTIVES To examine the incidence, symptoms, causes, therapy and prognosis of "spontaneous" splenic rupture. METHODS We conducted a retrospective s...

Spontaneous Rupture of Malarial Spleen: Report of Two Cases

Malaria is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Saudi Arabia. The infection has serious consequences in those residing in non endemic regions on travelling to endemic areas, due to lack of immunity to the parasite. In this report, we describe the clinical course of two patients who travelled to a malaria endemic area. Both contracted the infection and present...

Traumatic rupture of the spleen. A review.