Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases ()

Spontaneous splenic rupture due to dengue fever: report of two cases

  • Maria Roberta Meneguetti Seravali,
  • Antônio Henrique Gomes dos Santos,
  • Carlos Eduardo Fávero Costa,
  • Diego Teixeira Alves Rangel,
  • Leonardo Fernandes Valentim,
  • Raphael Moreira Gonçalves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702008000600019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. 538 – 540

Abstract

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Dengue is a febrile illness caused by Flavivírus and mainly transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypiti which have been a serious epidemic in Rio de Janeiro. In most of cases it was a self limited disease. We report two cases of a serious and rare complication of this viral infection.