Pseudobulbar paralysis--a sequelae of cerebral malaria.
Demyelination may be a pathogenic mechanism of post-malarial neurological sequelae. It can cause pseudobulbar palsy, which has not been documented earlier. In the present communication we report two cases of pseudobulbar palsy after cerebral malaria with evidence of demyelination.
Mohapatra
M K
MK
Department of Medicine, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur 760 004, Orissa.
Sethy
G
G
Mohanty
S C
SC
D000293:Adolescent; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D020828:Pseudobulbar Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*