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Subarachnoid haemorrhage in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
K Murugavel1, S Saravanapavananthan, A Anpalahan
1Medical Unit 16B, General Hospital-Teaching, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
A 41 year old man with cerebral malaria was found to have numerous bilateral retinal haemorrhages and very high parasitaemia. Despite intensive treatment his condition deteriorated and he died. Autopsy showed subarachnoid haemorrhage, which has not been previously described in cerebral malaria.