title: Sudden death due to cerebral malaria: a case report.
abstract: Malaria is generally diagnosed ante-mortem. Few post-mortem cases have been described in the literature. Post-mortem cases may present as sudden and unexpected deaths of young individuals rising suspicious of unnatural death, and may therefore be investigated by medical examiners. We present the case of a 24-year-old man who died a few days after returning from a trip to Mali (Africa). Death was attributed to cerebral malaria after a thorough post-mortem investigation. The pathological aspects underlying the fatal outcome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut Médico-légal, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Université François Rabelais de Tours, 37044 Tours Cedex 9, France. sebastienprat@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prat
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Desoubeaux
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefrancq
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chandenier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saint-Martin
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cerebral malaria; Forensic pathology; Plasmodium falciparum; Sudden death