%0 Journal Article
%T Case report: spontaneous rupture of the spleen due to dengue fever
%A Miranda
%A L.E.C.
%A Miranda
%A S.J.C.
%A Rolland
%A M.
%J Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
%D 2003
%I Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
%R 10.1590/S1413-86702003000600011
%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_abstract&pid=S1413-86702003000600011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en