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CASE REPORT

A Case Report of Adenoviral Pneumonia with Splenic Infarction

Gajam Siddhartha, Preetham K Poddutoor, Sandhya Vaddadi

Keywords : Adenoviral pneumonia, Case report, Human adenovirus, Splenic infarct

Citation Information : Siddhartha G, Poddutoor PK, Vaddadi S. A Case Report of Adenoviral Pneumonia with Splenic Infarction. Pediatr Inf Dis 2024; 6 (4):138-139.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1438

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 05-11-2024

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2024; The Author(s).


Abstract

Human adenovirus (HAdv) infections are very common in children under 5 years of age and can present with varied manifestations including respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiac, hematologic, and genitourinary symptoms. We report a 12-year-old boy with HAdv pneumonia who experienced fever remission by the 3rd week of illness. However, he subsequently developed a relapse of fever spikes along with left hypochondriac pain. Upon evaluation, he was found to have splenic infarction (SI). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of adenoviral infection associated with SI.


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