Its characteristic presentations included deep splenic abscesses, fever, abdominal pain, and leukocytosis.
Thus, it can be applied to splenic disease, twisted intestinal fever, diphtheria, and tonsillitis amongst others [ 23].
A 52 year old man being treated for hepatitis C presented with diffuse lymphadenopathy, weight loss, fevers and splenic lesions.
Even in the absence of these therapies, health education (e.g., raising awareness of fever and of splenic sequestration) has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing SCD mortality in young children.
Our patient case was peculiar since he had no immunosuppressive condition, and presented with fever for 3 weeks with sever neutropenia caused by splenic tuberculosis.
A study was made of the influence of clinical symptoms on survival with particular reference to night sweats, fever, pruritus, anorexia, lassitude, weight loss, haematological abnormalities and splenic enlargement.
The patient reported in the present article presented with fever of unknown origin with severe neutropenia, and was diagnosed to have splenic tuberculosis based on echogenic findings of abdominal CT.
One patient with underlying diabetes mellitus and extensive chemotherapy refractory mantle cell lymphoma died from splenic rupture several hours after completing the first infusion, which had been complicated by fevers, rigors, and hypoglycemia.
This was a clear-cut case of splenic trauma following an abdominal injury.
