Hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly and aids: a case report

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Breganó, Regina Mitsuka¹  Ruzon, Uheyna Gancedo¹  Filho, Chafic Esper Kallas¹  Pavanelli, Wander Rogério¹  Tano, Zuleica Naomi¹ 

[1] Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil

关键词: Hyperreactivemalarious;    splenomegaly;    Aids;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjid.2014.04.005

来源: Contexto

【 摘 要 】

Malaria is endemic in the North of Brazil. However, Hyperreactive Malarious Splenomegaly (HMS) has been rarely described. Splenomegaly in HIV/Aids infection has a large differential diagnosis, but malaria is a cause of gross splenomegaly, regardless of the HIV status. In this paper, we report the case of a 50-year-old man, HIV positive, with massive splenomegaly and multiple malaria infections in the past. He fulfilled the criteria for HMS, received a short course of anti-malarial treatment and weekly quimioprofilatic Chloroquine. In 9 months, he had great clinical and laboratorial improvement confirming the HMS, a rare diagnosis in Brazil.

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