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KMID : 0984720070390050274
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Infection and Chemotherapy
2007 Volume.39 No. 5 p.274 ~ p.276
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A case of Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in Vivax Malaria
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Hong Kyung-Wook
Lee Jeong-A
Kim Won-Jin
Park Chul-Min
Kwon Hye-Lee
Park Hye-Won
Eom Joong-Sik
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Abstract
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Plasmodium vivax has been the predominant Plasmodium species in the Republic of Korea and reemerged in 1993. Spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen is a rare but important complication associated with P. vivax infection. Only one case of spontaneous rupture of malarial spleen was reported in Korea in 1999. Splenectomy is still accepted as the treatment of choice in cases of spontaneous rupture of the spleen. But, considering increased risk of postsplenectomy infecion, splenectomy should be reserved for those patients with severe rupture or those with continued or recurrent bleeding. And conservative treatment should be considered in selected, closely monitored patients. We report a patient with P. vivax malaria who developed a spontaneous splenic rupture and was improved by conservative treatment.
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KEYWORD
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Malaria, Splenic rupture, Plasmodium vivax
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