Vivax malaria: a rare cause of thalamic bleed
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
; (12): 665-666, 2012.
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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).
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Asunto principal:
Parasitología
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Enfermedades Talámicas
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Malaria Vivax
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Hemorragias Intracraneales
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Año:
2012
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Article