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Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Mosquito-Borne Diseases > Malaria > Malaria, Cerebral
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Protozoan Infections > Malaria > Malaria, Cerebral
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Protozoan Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Malaria, Cerebral
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Malaria, Cerebral
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Malaria, Cerebral
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Preferred term

Malaria, Cerebral  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cerebral Malaria

Note

  • coordinate IM with probably MALARIA, FALCIPARUM (IM); otherwise coordinate IM with other Plasmodium species (IM)

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 1992

In other languages

  • aivomalaria

    Finnish

  • cerebral malaria UNS
  • falciparum-malaria ja aivokomplikaatioita
  • falciparum-malaria med cerebrala komplikationer
  • malaria a Plasmodio falciparo cum complicationibus cerebralibus
  • malaria cerebralis NAS
  • malaria encephalica NAS
  • serebraalinen malaria
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön aivomalaria
  • Cerebral malaria

    Swedish

  • Malariameningit

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016779

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