Hallazgos ultrasonográficos en pacientes con Dengue: revisión de la literatura

objective: to review abdominal and thoracic ultrasound findings in patients with serologically proven dengue fever and to compare them with the literature. material and methods: twenty-nine patients, 18 females and 11 males, mean age 35.6 years, with serologically proven dengue fever, were admitted to hospital rawson of cordoba and underwent abdominal ultrasound during the epidemic outbreak between january and june 2009. their ultrasound findings were compared with data from the literature. results: the most relevant ultrasound findings were diffuse gallbladder wall thickening in 7 cases (24%), abdominal/ pelvic free fluid in 9 (31%), hepatomegaly in 5 (17%), splenomegaly in 4 (14%), and perivesicular fluid and pleural effusion in 2 (7%). eighteen patients (62%) had normal abdominal ultrasound. conclusion: abdominal sonography is a useful diagnostic tool to detect complications in patients with suspected or serologically confirmed diagnostic of dengue fever.