title: Vivax malaria: a rare cause of thalamic bleed.
abstract: Most common cause of thalamic bleed is hypertension; other causes are arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, bleeding diathesis, drugs, amyloid angiopathy, tumor etc. We present a case of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria with unusual site of bleeding i.e. left thalamus of brain. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of thalamic bleed caused by vivax malaria in absence of severe thrombocytopenia/disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, PGIMER, and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India. jaydeep_sarkar@hotmail.com
authors: Jaydeep
authors: J
authors: Sarkar
authors: Biku
authors: B
authors: Naik
authors: Atul
authors: A
authors: Gawande
authors: Atul
authors: A
authors: Goel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*