The 'small spleen' in malaria.

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dc.contributor.authorChauhan, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorKapoor, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorVohra, P Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorJhala, P Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorUpadhyaya, A Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorPathak, K Jen_US
dc.date.accessioned1996-07-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-31T00:08:25Z
dc.date.available1996-07-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-31T00:08:25Z
dc.date.issued1996-07-01en_US
dc.description.abstractA cardinal feature of malaria, splenomegaly, is usually absent in adult patients who have already suffered from falciparum malaria or who are natives of an endemic falciparum zone. This is an attribute of the past episode of clinical or sub-clinical malaria which usually results in regression of the splenic size to below-normal. An ultrasonographic evaluation of spleens was done in 90 healthy adult males, who had suffered from vivax (n = 28) or falciparum (n = 25) malaria in the past, except the controls (n = 22) and natives from an endemic falciparum area (n = 15) who never suffered from malaria. Their ultrasonographic details of spleens, including the size, were compared. Besides other conspicuous differences in the ultrasonographic picture, spleen size was found significantly decreased (p < 0.01) in the group who had been affected by P. falciparum malaria; the smallest measured 7.8 cms. In P. vivax group the decrease was not significant (p < 0.1), but was highly significant in inhabitants of endemic falciparum region (p < 0.001). The present study establishes the 'Small Spleen' and looks at echotexture pattern variations thereof for the first time.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDept of Medicine, SSG Hospital and Medical College, Baroda.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChauhan R, Kapoor V, Vohra PA, Jhala PJ, Upadhyaya AK, Pathak KJ. The 'small spleen' in malaria. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1996 Jul; 44(7): 483-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/91046
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.japi.orgen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMalaria, Falciparum --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshMalaria, Vivax --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshSpleen --parasitologyen_US
dc.subject.meshSplenomegaly --parasitologyen_US
dc.titleThe 'small spleen' in malaria.en_US
dc.typeComparative Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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