Two cases of malaria presenting with psychiatric symptoms.
Mood and behavior disorder may appear either due to primary psychiatric disorder or may signify an underlying, frequently undetected, physical pathology. Two instances of malaria falciparum presenting with psychosocial symptomatology are described.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum