Open AccessSymmetrical peripheral gangrene: A rare complication of plasmodium falciparum malaria
Author(s) -
Anil Rana,
Singh Dp,
Gurpreet Kaur,
Surendra Kumar Verma,
Hemant Mahur
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.145592
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , complication , cerebral malaria , disseminated intravascular coagulation , coma (optics) , anemia , plasmodium falciparum , quinine , gangrene , respiratory distress , jaundice , surgery , dermatology , immunology , pediatrics , physics , optics
Malaria, the most important of the parasitic diseases of humans, is transmitted in 108 countries containing 3 billion people and causes nearly 1 million deaths each year. With the re-emergence of malaria various life-threatening complications of malaria have been observed. Unarousable coma/cerebral malaria, severe normochromic, normocytic anemia, renal failure, pulmonary edema/adult respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, hypotension/shock, bleeding/disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), hemoglobinuria and jaundice are few of the common complications of severe malaria. Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) has been reported as a rare complication of malaria. We report a rare and unique case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria complicated by DIC, severe normocytic normochromic anemia, and SPG.