Neuroimaging findings in children with retinopathy-confirmed cerebral malaria.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe brain CT findings in retinopathy-confirmed, paediatric cerebral malaria.

Materials and methods

In this outcomes study of paediatric cerebral malaria, a subset of children with protracted coma during initial presentation was scanned acutely. Survivors experiencing adverse neurological outcomes also underwent a head CT. All children had ophthalmological examination to confirm the presence of the retinopathy specific for cerebral malaria. Independent interpretation of CT images was provided by two neuroradiologists.

Results

Acute brain CT findings in three children included diffuse oedema with obstructive hydrocephalus (2), acute cerebral infarctions in multiple large vessel distributions with secondary oedema and herniation (1), and oedema of thalami

SUBMITTER: Potchen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3786197 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature