Neurological manifestations following cured malaria: don't forget post-malaria neurological syndrome.
Adult
Antimalarials
/ adverse effects
Brain
/ diagnostic imaging
Brain Diseases
/ parasitology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
/ adverse effects
Malaria, Falciparum
/ complications
Male
Methylprednisolone
/ therapeutic use
Nervous System Diseases
/ complications
Neuroimaging
/ adverse effects
Plasmodium falciparum
/ isolation & purification
Syndrome
Treatment Outcome
Post-malaria neurological syndrome
corticosteroid
immunologic
Journal
African health sciences
ISSN: 1729-0503
Titre abrégé: Afr Health Sci
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101149451
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
entrez:
16
8
2021
pubmed:
17
8
2021
medline:
3
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cerebral malaria which occurs during the active infection is the most common neurological complication of malaria. Other complications including post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) can rarely occur following complete recovery from the disease. We report a case of post-malaria neurological syndrome in a Tunisian patient. A 26-year-old Tunisian man with no past medical history was admitted in 2016 for a muscle weakness of the 4 limbs, seizures, tetraparesis and myoclonus which appeared after he returned from Côte d'Ivoire where he had been treated three weeks ago for PMNS should be considered in patients with neurological symptoms occurring within two months of cured acute disease in which blood smears for malaria are negative and other etiologies have been ruled out. In most cases, the disease is self-limited while in severe cases corticosteroid therapy should be prescribed with favorable outcome.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34394307
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v21i1.35
pii: jAFHS.v21.i1.pg273
pmc: PMC8356585
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antimalarials
0
Methylprednisolone
X4W7ZR7023
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
273-276Informations de copyright
© 2021 Bellazreg F et al.
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