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Gangrene in malaria revisited.

Khichar Purnaram Shubhakaran1.   

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Year:  2018        PMID: 30693224      PMCID: PMC6329276          DOI: 10.4103/tp.TP_77_15

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Trop Parasitol        ISSN: 2229-5070


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Sir, I read an interesting case report of Plasmodium falciparum malaria complicated by/disseminated intravascular coagulation, severe normocytic normochromic anemia, and symmetrical peripheral gangrene.[1] With the reemergence of malaria, such rare but unique complications of malaria have been observed from time to time and reported mainly from India.[2345] A few such cases or complications are also reported in Plasmodium vivax[4] and mixed[5] malaria also. Exact pathogenesis could not be ascertained.[2] Microcirculatory block due to sludging of the parasitized erythrocytes in capillaries is a well-known factor in heavy P. falciparum parasitemia. The blockage of terminal arteries/arterioles could be the important reason for the gangrene. The vascular flow in the organs is disturbed by vascular collapse, thrombosis, infarction, and similar effects brought about by clumping together of parasitized cells. All these factors slow down the circulation and cause “sludging.” In a patient presenting with dry gangrene and fever, a possibility of P. falciparum must be kept in mind, not only in endemic areas but, also in nonendemic areas because of the resurgence of P. falciparum in the last few years.[2]

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1.  A patient with falciparum malaria and bilateral gangrene of the feet who developed arrhythmia/ventricular fibrillation after quinine therapy.

Authors:  D K Kochar Shubhakaran; B Kumawat; S K Kochar
Journal:  QJM       Date:  1998-03

2.  Peripheral gangrene in Plasmodium vivax malaria: a rare manifestation.

Authors:  Neha Arora; Arun Gogna; Dilip Kumar; Karan Puri
Journal:  Trop Doct       Date:  2013-01       Impact factor: 0.731

3.  Symmetrical peripheral gangrene: A rare complication of plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Authors:  Atul Rana; D P Singh; Gurdeep Kaur; S K Verma; Hemant Mahur
Journal:  Trop Parasitol       Date:  2015 Jul-Dec

4.  Symmetric peripheral gangrene with mixed malaria.

Authors:  A Agrawal; A Rastogi; D Tiwari
Journal:  Indian J Pediatr       Date:  2007-06       Impact factor: 5.319

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