An unusual manifestation of scrub typhus presenting with splenic infarct: a case report

Anuj Arora; Sultan Nawahirsha; Babu Kumar; Durga Krishnan

doi:10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20230368

Authors

Anuj Arora Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
Sultan Nawahirsha Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
Babu Kumar Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
Durga Krishnan Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20230368

Keywords:

Scrub typhus, Splenic infarct, Orientia tsutsugamushi

Abstract

Scrub typhus has a wide range of clinical presentation varying from mild symptoms like fever, chills, headaches, myalgias, gastric ulcerations and hepatitis to more fatal conditions like pneumonia and encephalopathy caused by disseminated vasculitis with splenic infarct being a rare complication. We report a case of 50-years old male with scrub typhus who presented as multiple splenic infarcts.

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