Postmalaria neurological syndrome: two cases from the Gambia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe 2 patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria whose convalescence was complicated by fever, with acute confusion and acalculia in one patient and a triad of myoclonus, tremor, and dysphasia in the other. Inflammatory changes were found in cerebrospinal fluid samples. Postmalaria neurological syndrome was diagnosed in each patient, and a therapeutic response to oral corticosteroids was seen in the second patient.
Medical subject headings
- Malaria
- Nervous System Diseases