Symmetric peripheral gangrene of the lower limbs in a case of complicated falciparum malaria

Bhattacharyya, P.C.; Agarwal, J.Prasad.; Sharma, M.

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 39(4): 589-592

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562
PMID: 19058594
Document Number: 620727
Association of symmetric peripheral gangrene (SPG) with falciparum malaria infection is a relatively uncommon clinical entity. Here we report a case of complicated falciparum malaria with SPG involving both lower limbs from the mid-calf downwards, probably due to antibody mediated vasculitis.

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