Infarction of Spleen as a Rare Complication of Drug-resistant Enteric Fever in a Child: A Case Report

JOURNAL TITLE: Pediatric Infectious Disease

Author
1. Krishnan Rajeshwari
2. Deepak Kumar
3. Vikas Kumar
ISSN
DOI
10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1388
Volume
5
Issue
1
Publishing Year
2023
Pages
3
  • Article keywords
    Complications, Enteric fever, Splenic abscess, Splenic infarct, Typhoid

    Abstract

    Splenic infarct is an extremely rare complication of enteric fever in children. It could be misdiagnosed as a splenic abscess where computed tomography (CT) has to be used over ultrasonography to confirm the diagnosis. We reported a young girl who was presented with fever and abdominal pain whose diagnosis of enteric fever was made by Widal and blood culture. She had pain over the upper left abdomen; ultrasonography revealed a splenic abscess; however, the clinical course of the patient doubted the diagnosis for which CT was done, which confirmed the lesion as splenic infarct.

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