DOI: 10.12890/2020_001891

Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in an Ill Returned Traveller

Authors

  • David FGJ Wolthuis Internal Medicine, Rijnstate Ziekenhuis, Arnhem, the Netherlands
  • Ron W Bosboom Microbiology Department, Rijnstate Ziekenhuis, Arnhem, the Netherlands
  • Robert-Jan Hassing Internal Medicine, Rijnstate Ziekenhuis, Arnhem, the Netherlands

DWolthuis@rijnstate.nl

Keywords

Salmonella, fever, spleen, rupture, spontaneous

Abstract

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.

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Published

2020-09-18

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 12 (2020)

How to Cite

1.
Wolthuis DF, Bosboom RW, Hassing R-J. Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in an Ill Returned Traveller. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 18 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];7(12). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1891

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