Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis--another cause of post malaria cerebellar ataxia.
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.
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Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
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Banerjee
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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