Haematological and vascular features of dengue virus infection are common and vary from tiny skin haemorrhages to significant bleeding such as epistaxis, gastrointestinal bleeding and hematuria. Spontaneous splenic rupture has also been reported as an atypical manifestation in dengue fever. We report a case of splenic infarction in a 35-year-old man who presented with fever, vomiting, diffuse abdominal pain and distention, diarrhoea, hematuria, headache, back pain, hypotension, pleural effusion and ascites. Laboratory evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of dengue hemorrhagic fever, and abdominal imaging revealed splenic infarction. He required intensive care, responded well to inotropic support and remarkably improved.
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