European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (Sep 2020)

Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in an Ill Returned Traveller

  • David FGJ Wolthuis,
  • Ron W Bosboom,
  • Robert-Jan Hassing

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12890/2020_001891

Abstract

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Spontaneous splenic rupture is a known, but rare and possibly fatal, complication of different infectious diseases. We present a case of a 38-year-old male patient who presented with fever, icterus and spontaneous splenic rupture after a visit to Vietnam and discuss the differential diagnosis of splenic rupture in ill returned travellers.

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