Non-Traumatic Subcapsular Spleen Hematoma in a Patient with Brucellosis
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease. A characteristic clinical findings are fever, headache, arthralgia and splenomegali. Brucellosis occurs after direct contact with an infected animal or consumption of products of an infected animal. Subcapsular hematoma in the spleen is very rare complication of br...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dicle University Medical School
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Dicle Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=888044 |
| Summary: | Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease. A characteristic clinical findings are fever, headache, arthralgia and splenomegali. Brucellosis occurs after direct contact with an infected animal or consumption of products of an infected animal. Subcapsular hematoma in the spleen is very rare complication of brucella infection. We report here, an 11 year old patient with brucellosis who admitted to our clinic with subcapsular non-traumatic spleen hematoma. Hematoma and clinical findings were resolved with doxicyclin and streptomycin combination. We emphasised that brucella infection should be keept in mind when non-traumatic subcapsular spleen hematoma occur. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-2945 1308-9889 |