Spontaneous splenic rupture during dengue fever Authors Sadaf Zafarullah Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Noor Ul Ain Mujahid Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Rehman Waheed Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Mohammad Sohail Asghar Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-3104 Ameer Afzal Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Jamal Anwar Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6406 Keywords: Spontaneous splenic rupture, Dengue Fever, Dengue haemorrhagic fever, Haemoperitoneum Abstract Dengue fever is one of the most frequent arboviral diseases in the world. Dengue is known to cause myocarditis, hepatitis, and neurological illustrations but one of the established presentations is leakage of plasma resulting in circulatory failure. Spontaneous rupture of the spleen is one of the most infrequent but known outcome of dengue fever which has been reported from time to time in literature. We present, here, the case of a 50-year-old patient who developed this condition during dengue fever and was managed in our department successfully. This complication must be kept in mind while treating any case of dengue fever so that it can be avoided or if not then treated timely. Keywords: Spontaneous splenic rupture, Dengue Fever, Dengue haemorrhagic fever, Haemoperitoneum. Author Biographies Sadaf Zafarullah, Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Post Graduate Resident FCPS General Surgery North Surgery Department King Edward Medical University Mayo Hospital Lahore Noor Ul Ain Mujahid, Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Senior Registrar General Surgery North Surgery Department King Edward Medical University Mayo Hospital Lahore Rehman Waheed, Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Post Graduate Resident FCPS General Surgery North Surgery Department King Edward Medical University Mayo Hospital Lahore Mohammad Sohail Asghar, Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Post Graduate Resident FCPS General Surgery North Surgery Department King Edward Medical University Mayo Hospital Lahore Ameer Afzal, Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Professor of Surgery North Surgery Department King Edward Medical University Mayo Hospital Lahore Jamal Anwar, Department of Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Senior Registrar General Surgery North Surgery Department King Edward Medical University Mayo Hospital Lahore Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-04-15 How to Cite Sadaf Zafarullah, Mujahid, N. U. A., Waheed, R., Mohammad Sohail Asghar, Afzal, A., & Anwar, J. (2023). Spontaneous splenic rupture during dengue fever. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(05), 1111–1112. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6406 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 05 (2023): MAY Section CASE REPORT License Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.