%0 Journal Article
%T Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in neuro-malaria
%A Lacout Alexis
%A Guidoux Celine
%A Carlier Robert
%J Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
%D 2010
%I Medknow Publications
%X We report a case of a 37-year-old patient with Plasmodium falciparum infestation who developed posterior reversible encephalopathy. In cerebral malaria, microscopic studies have shown endothelial dysfunction and disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Data from the literature show that one of the mechanisms of posterior reversible encephalopathy may be capillary leakage and acute disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Our case supports the theory of blood-brain barrier disruption being a key factor in the causation of cerebral malaria.
%K Malaria
%K posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
%K Falciparum
%U http://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2010;volume=20;issue=3;spage=198;epage=201;aulast=Lacout