Verma Sanjay, Aggarwal Anju
Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Apr;74(4):409-11. doi: 10.1007/s12098-007-0069-z.
Hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS) or Tropical splenomegaly syndrome(TSS), occurs in areas of high transmission of malaria. These children usually presents with gross splenomegaly and abdominal discomfort, while fever is not the usual manifestation in majority of them. It is a disease of young adults and rarely reported below 8 years of age. Here it is reported a three-year-old child who presented as pyrexia of unknown origin with hepatosplenomegaly, diagnosed as HMS.
高反应性疟疾脾肿大（HMS）或热带脾肿大综合征（TSS）发生在疟疾高传播地区。这些儿童通常表现为脾脏明显肿大和腹部不适，而大多数儿童通常没有发热症状。这是一种青壮年疾病，8岁以下儿童很少见。本文报道了一名3岁儿童，以不明原因发热伴肝脾肿大就诊，诊断为HMS。
