Plasmodium vivax malaria presen with spontaneous intrasplenic Haemorrhage

A 6-year-old child with pallor and abdominal pain associated with fever. proved to have spontaneous intrasplenic haemorrhage, as shown by abdominal ultrasonography and computerised tomogram [CT], as the initial manifestation of acute Plasmodium vivax malaria infection She responded well to supportive care and antimalarial therapy and did not progress to splenic rupture. This case is presented to increase the awareness of physicians to this rare life-threatening condition that patients afflicted with malaria might present with