A case of vivax malaria with splenic infarction

Splenic infarction occurs most commonly in the setting of hematologic disorders like sickle-cell anemia, leukemia, lymphoma, polycythemia vera and hypercoagulable states like protein C, protein S deficiencies due to clogging of the splenic microcirculation by abnormal cells 1 . Other conditions include thromboembolic phenomenon like infective endocarditis, atrial fibrillation and postcardiac surgery. In malaria, splenic infarction is a rare complication and most of the reported cases of splenic infarct in malaria have been due to infection with Plasmodium falciparum and is less common with P. vivax. 2–5 We report this case for its rarity.