%0 Journal Article
%T Case report: spontaneous rupture of the spleen due to dengue fever
%A Miranda L.E.C.
%A Miranda S.J.C.
%A Rolland M.
%J Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
%D 2003
%I Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
%X Spontaneous rupture of the spleen has been described in cases of hematologic, neoplasic and infectious diseases, or resulting from pancreatitis. We report a rare case of spontaneous splenic rupture, and favorable evolution after splenectomy, in a patient with dengue fever, which occurred during the last outbreak of dengue fever in Brazil.
%K Spleen
%K rupture
%K dengue fever
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000600011