Open AccessSymmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria‐induced disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
Author(s) -
Ghafoor Sana ZA,
MacRae Eva A,
Harding Keith G,
Patel Girish K
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2010.00697.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gangrene , coagulopathy , malaria , disseminated intravascular coagulation , peripheral , complication , surgery , immunology
Ghafoor SZA, MacRae EA, Harding KG, Patel GK. Symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria‐induced disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene is a life‐changing complication, caused by a pro‐thrombotic life‐threatening disease, such as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) secondary to systemic infection. We describe the unusual case of a woman who developed symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following DIC because of malaria. While initial treatment led to cure of the infection, in this report we describe also the subsequent management of symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene.