Open AccessSpontaneous Splenic Rupture in an Ill Returned Traveller
Author(s) -
David F.G.J. Wolthuis,
Ron Bosboom,
RobertJan Hassing
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_001891
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , differential diagnosis , surgery , spleen , immunology , pathology
Spontaneous splenic rupture is a known, but rare and possibly fatal, complication of different infectious diseases. We present a case of a 38-year-old male patient who presented with fever, icterus and spontaneous splenic rupture after a visit to Vietnam and discuss the differential diagnosis of splenic rupture in ill returned travellers.