ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2014
Malaria-induced splenic infarction.
Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Malaria Patients in the Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study (2022-2025).Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Spontaneous Splenic Laceration in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Case Report.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2026Article
- Splenic infarction in a paediatric patient with Plasmodium vivax malaria from Ethiopia: a case report.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Splenic Infarction in Babesiosis: A Case Series.Journal of Brown hospital medicine · 2025Article
- A case of severe Plasmodium ovale malaria with acute respiratory distress syndrome and splenic infarction in a male traveller presenting in Italy.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Falciparum Malaria-Induced Splenic Infarction.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2023Article
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- Infectious Mononucleosis Complicated with Bilateral Peritonsillar Abscess and Splenic Infarction.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Parasitic diseases as a cause of acute abdominal pain: imaging findings.Insights into imaging · 2020Review
- Serial follow-up of malaria-induced splenic infarction: A case report.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2020Article
- Splenic Complications ofThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2020Review
- Splenic Infarction inThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Splenic Rupture as the First Manifestation of Babesia Microti Infection: Report of a Case and Review of Literature.The American journal of case reports · 2018Review
- Severe Plasmodium vivax infection in Korea.Malaria journal · 2017Article
- A Strange Manifestation of Malaria in a Native Nigerian Boy.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Splenic Infarction Secondary to COVID-19 and Malaria Co-Infection: A Case Report.Iranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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Abstract
Splenic infarction is a rare complication of malaria. We report two recent cases of splenic infarction after Plasmodium vivax infection. No systematic review of malaria-induced splenic infarction was available, therefore we conducted a systematic review of the English, French, and Spanish literature in PubMed and KoreaMed for reports of malaria-associated splenic infarction from 1960 to 2012. Of the 40 cases collected on splenic infarction by Plasmodium species, 23 involved P. vivax, 11 Plasmodium falciparum, one Plasmodium ovale, and five a mixed infection of P. vivax and P. falciparum. Of the 40 cases, 2 (5.0%) involved splenectomy and 5 (12.5%) were accompanied by splenic rupture. The median time from symptom onset to diagnosis was 8.5 days (range, 3-90 days). Improved findings after treatment were observed in 8 (88.9%) of 9 patients with splenic infarction on follow-up by computed tomography or ultrasonography. All patients survived after treatment with the exception of one patient with cerebral malaria. Clinicians should consider the possibility of splenic infarction when malaria-infected patients have left upper quadrant pain.
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