Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Splenic infarct in a patient of acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: A rare case report

Prajit Mazumdar, Malyaban Das, Garima Sachdeva

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Malaria is among one the most common infectious disease throughout India.  There can be   various life threatening complications of malaria   among which splenic infarction   is one but is very   rare. Splenic infarction mainly  occurs  in cases of  infective endocarditis   due to thromboembolism,  lymphomas, leukamias   , sickle cell anaemia,  polycythemia  vera and few other haematological conditions . Splenic infarcts are rare in malaria and most reported cases are due to plasmodium   falcifarum  infection. Our patient had a splenic infarct due to   plasmodium  vivax  , hence we report this case.

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Prajit Mazumdar, Malyaban Das, Garima Sachdeva, Splenic infarct in a patient of acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: A rare case report, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2018

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