Atypical presentation of adult rubella

B. Jayaprakash; V. Sudha; Umakanth Shashikiran

Atypical presentation of adult rubella

B. Jayaprakash
, V. Sudha
, Umakanth Shashikiran^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A 55 year old female presented with fever, skin rash and subconjunctival hemorrhage. She also developed hepatitis. Fever and skin rash lasted for more than three weeks. This patient was diagnosed to have rubella, highlighting the fact that rubella can present with atypical features like prolonged fever and rash, subconjunctival hemorrhage and hepatitis, especially in adults.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	242-244
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Journal of Malaysia
Volume	61
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 01-06-2006

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Atypical presentation of adult rubella

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