title: Brain and optic nerve ischemia in malaria with immune disorders.
abstract: We report an unusual case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a European returning from tropical regions associating an anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and an asymptomatic centropontine myelinolysis. The transient antiphospholipid antibodies detected in the patient may have played a role in the ischemic process at the origin of this unusual clinical association.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, Saint-Louis Hospital, 1, Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France. sebastien_gallien@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallien
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milea
authors.forename: Marie-Marthe
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Thiebaut
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bricaire
authors.forename: Phuc
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Hoang
mesh_terms: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000209:etiology*; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid