Symmetric peripheral gangrene of the lower limbs in a case of complicated falciparum malaria.
Association of symmetric peripheral gangrene (SPG) with falciparum malaria infection is a relatively uncommon clinical entity. Here we report a case of complicated falciparum malaria with SPG involving both lower limbs from the mid-calf downwards, probably due to antibody mediated vasculitis.
Bhattacharyya
P C
PC
Department of Medicine, Downtown Hospital Ltd, Guwahati, Assam, India. p_c_bhatta@hotmail.com
Agarwal
Jagdish Prasad
JP
Sharma
M
M
D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D005734:Gangrene / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011803:Quinine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000962:Antimalarials; D011803:Quinine