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Spontaneous Hemoperitoneum in a case of Plasmodium vivax Malaria without Splenic Rupture. 2016

Harpreet Kaur, and Sandeep Puri, and Vipin Kumar, and Lalit Kumar

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine.

Vivax malaria is usually a benign infection but now trends are changing. We, here present an unusual case of P. vivax malaria presenting with spontaneous hemoperitoneum with thrombocytopenia. Spontaneous hemoperitoneum in P. vivax malaria has been reported earlier but with splenic rupture. However our case though had hemoperitoneum but no splenic rupture. In our case, thrombocytopenia was found to be the cause of hemoperitoneum which has not been reported earlier in Indian literature.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D006465	Hemoperitoneum	Accumulations of blood in the PERITONEAL CAVITY due to internal HEMORRHAGE.	Hemoperitoneums
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000740	Anemia	A reduction in the number of circulating ERYTHROCYTES or in the quantity of HEMOGLOBIN.	Anemias
D012422	Rupture, Spontaneous	Tear or break of an organ, vessel or other soft part of the body, occurring in the absence of external force.	Ruptures, Spontaneous,Spontaneous Rupture,Spontaneous Ruptures
D013921	Thrombocytopenia	A subnormal level of BLOOD PLATELETS.	Thrombopenia,Thrombocytopenias,Thrombopenias
D015746	Abdominal Pain	Sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the abdominal region.	Colicky Pain,Abdominal Pains,Colicky Pains,Pain, Abdominal,Pain, Colicky,Pains, Abdominal,Pains, Colicky
D016780	Malaria, Vivax	Malaria caused by PLASMODIUM VIVAX. This form of malaria is less severe than MALARIA, FALCIPARUM, but there is a higher probability for relapses to occur. Febrile paroxysms often occur every other day.	Plasmodium vivax Malaria,Malaria, Plasmodium vivax,Vivax Malaria