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Dengue fever complicated by pulmonary haemorrhage manifesting as haemoptysis
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 17-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with dengue fever. On the ninth day of fever she developed haemoptysis and chest X-ray changes consistent with haemorrhage in her lungs. Thrombocytopaenia and mild coagulopathy were the most likely cause of this unusual haemoptysis in this patient. Investigations excluded other causes for the haemoptysis.