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[Splenic infarction in Plasmodium falciparum malarial attack]
G Coche1, J M Estavoyer, J Leroy
1Service de Radiologie C, tropicales Hôpital Saint-Jacques, C.H.R.U. Besançon.
Journal De Radiologie
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
Splenic infarct during P. falciparum malaria is rare but well known. We report one case where ultrasonography and computed tomography suggested the diagnostic, showing respectively in splenic parenchyma a peripheral hypoechoic lesion and a low attenuation lesion. Diagnostic was confirmed by spontaneous regression during following days. We shall encounter more frequently than nowadays this rare entity due to expanding tourism and P. falciparum resistance.