DENGUE FEVER COMPLICATED BY PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE MANIFESTING AS HEMOPTYSIS

Authors
LIAM CK YAP BH LAM SK
Citation
Ck. Liam et al., DENGUE FEVER COMPLICATED BY PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE MANIFESTING AS HEMOPTYSIS, Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 96(3), 1993, pp. 197-200
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225304
Volume
96
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
197 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5304(1993)96:3<197:DFCBPH>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 17-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with dengue fever. On the ninth day of fever she developed haemoptysis and chest X-ray changes c onsistent with haemorrhage in her lungs. Thrombocytopaenia and mild co agulopathy were the most likely cause of this unusual haemoptysis in t his patient. Investigations excluded other causes for the haemoptysis.