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CEREBRAL MALARIA
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Descriptor
English
:
Malaria, Cerebral
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Malaria Cerebral
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Malária Cerebral
Synonyms
English
:
Cerebral Malaria
Malaria Meningitis
Tree Number:
C03.105.300.500
C03.752.250.552.620
C03.752.250.552.650.675
C10.228.228.205.300.500
Definition
English
:
A condition characterized by somnolence or
coma
in the presence of an acute
infection
with
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
(and rarely other
Plasmodium
species). Initial clinical manifestations include HEADACHES;
SEIZURES
; and alterations of mentation followed by a rapid progression to
COMA
. Pathologic features include cerebral
capillaries
filled with parasitized
erythrocytes
and multiple small foci of cortical and subcortical
necrosis
. (From Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, p136)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coord IM with
Plasmodium
species (IM) but do not coord with
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
unless particularly discussed
History Note
English
:
1992
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:
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Record Number:
29998
Unique Identifier:
D016779
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