Spontaneous splenic rupture due to dengue fever: report of two cases

AUTOR(ES)

Seravali, Maria Roberta Meneguetti, Santos, Antônio Henrique Gomes dos, Costa, Carlos Eduardo Fávero, Rangel, Diego Teixeira Alves, Valentim, Leonardo Fernandes, Gonçalves, Raphael Moreira

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008-12

RESUMO

Dengue is a febrile illness caused by Flavivírus and mainly transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypiti which have been a serious epidemic in Rio de Janeiro. In most of cases it was a self limited disease. We report two cases of a serious and rare complication of this viral infection.

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