title: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis--another cause of post malaria cerebellar ataxia.
abstract: The aetio-pathogenesis of delayed onset cerebellar ataxia following Plasmodium falciparum malaria is uncertain. An autoimmune demyelinating pathology has been suspected though not yet definitively substantiated. In the present communication we report a case of delayed onset cerebellar ataxia following acute falciparum malaria, where magnetic resonance imaging revealed demyelinating lesions in the pons and cerebellar peduncles which disappeared after resolution of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Trikha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nagarkar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology