Psychosis after cerebral malaria in children.
A self-limiting psychosis characterized by visual and auditory hallucinations with or without aggressive behavior developed in two children 4 to 5 days after complete recovery from a cerebral malaria coma. Both patients had no family history of psychosis and were neurologically and mentally normal before the acute disease. A long-term prospective study to define the precise clinical spectrum of such manifestations in survivors of childhood cerebral malaria seems necessary.
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Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*