Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy

Dengue fever is the most important arbovirus illness with an estimated incidence of 50–100 million cases per year. The common symptoms of dengue include fever, rash, malaise, nausea, vomiting, and musculoskeletal pain. Dengue fever may present as acute abdomen leading to diagnostic dilemma. The acut...

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Main Authors:	Kumar, Lovekesh, Singh, Mahendra, Saxena, Ashish, Kolhe, Yuvraj, Karande, Snehal K., Singh, Narendra, Venkatesh, P., Meena, Rambabu
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488080/

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spelling	pubmed-44880802015-07-12 Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy Kumar, Lovekesh Singh, Mahendra Saxena, Ashish Kolhe, Yuvraj Karande, Snehal K. Singh, Narendra Venkatesh, P. Meena, Rambabu Case Report Dengue fever is the most important arbovirus illness with an estimated incidence of 50–100 million cases per year. The common symptoms of dengue include fever, rash, malaise, nausea, vomiting, and musculoskeletal pain. Dengue fever may present as acute abdomen leading to diagnostic dilemma. The acute surgical complications of dengue fever include acute pancreatitis, acute acalculous cholecystitis, nonspecific peritonitis, and acute appendicitis. We report a case of dengue fever that mimicked acute appendicitis leading to unnecessary appendectomy. A careful history examination for dengue-related signs, and serial hemogram over the first 3-4 days of disease may prevent unnecessary appendectomy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4488080/ /pubmed/26167314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/465238 Text en Copyright © 2015 Lovekesh Kumar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Kumar, Lovekesh Singh, Mahendra Saxena, Ashish Kolhe, Yuvraj Karande, Snehal K. Singh, Narendra Venkatesh, P. Meena, Rambabu
spellingShingle	Kumar, Lovekesh Singh, Mahendra Saxena, Ashish Kolhe, Yuvraj Karande, Snehal K. Singh, Narendra Venkatesh, P. Meena, Rambabu Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy
author_facet	Kumar, Lovekesh Singh, Mahendra Saxena, Ashish Kolhe, Yuvraj Karande, Snehal K. Singh, Narendra Venkatesh, P. Meena, Rambabu
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title	Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy
title_short	Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy
title_full	Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy
title_fullStr	Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy
title_full_unstemmed	Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy
title_sort	unusual presentation of dengue fever leading to unnecessary appendectomy
description	Dengue fever is the most important arbovirus illness with an estimated incidence of 50–100 million cases per year. The common symptoms of dengue include fever, rash, malaise, nausea, vomiting, and musculoskeletal pain. Dengue fever may present as acute abdomen leading to diagnostic dilemma. The acute surgical complications of dengue fever include acute pancreatitis, acute acalculous cholecystitis, nonspecific peritonitis, and acute appendicitis. We report a case of dengue fever that mimicked acute appendicitis leading to unnecessary appendectomy. A careful history examination for dengue-related signs, and serial hemogram over the first 3-4 days of disease may prevent unnecessary appendectomy.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Unusual Presentation of Dengue Fever Leading to Unnecessary Appendectomy

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