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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 223-225 |
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Scrub and spleen: Scrub typhus with a splenic infarct
Cynthia Amrutha Sukumar, Arya R Poduval, Nandakrishna Bhat, Sudha Vidyasagar
Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sudha Vidyasagar
Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/INJMS.INJMS_36_20
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Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infection endemic in India. Among the spectrum of complications associated with this tropical illness are manifestations such as encephalitis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, myocarditis, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and pancreatitis. Although splenomegaly is a known association among the gastrointestinal complications, splenic infarcts are sparsely reported in the literature. This case is about a woman with scrub typhus who presented with unexplained pain abdomen which was diagnosed as a splenic infarct.
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