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Acute cerebellar ataxia: A neurological manifestation in malaria
Peddametla Shravan Kumar, Siddula Manohar, Ravala Siddeswari, Mulam Mythili
Department of Medicine, Osmania General Hospital, Afzalgunz, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
Correspondence Address:
Peddametla Shravan Kumar
Department of Medicine, Osmania General Hospital, Afzalgunz, Hyderabad, Telangana State
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.155021
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Malaria is a vector-borne disease transmitted by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito presents with varied clinical manifestations. Neurological manifestations include headaches, confusion, convulsions, hemiplegia, ataxia, cerebral palsy, cortical blindness, and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). We are presenting a case report of acute cerebellar ataxia in a 20-year-old male patient who presented with fever and positive for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria antibodies. |
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