An Italian traveller returning from Kenya was diagnosed and treated for malaria. Fourteen days later, he developed cerebellar symptoms and was diagnosed with delayed cerebellar ataxia (DCA), a rare, self-limiting post-malarial neurological complication with a favourable prognosis that may appear after effectively treated malaria.

Post-malaria delayed cerebellar ataxia in a traveller

Davoli, Caterina;Gobbi, Federico
2024-01-01

Abstract

An Italian traveller returning from Kenya was diagnosed and treated for malaria. Fourteen days later, he developed cerebellar symptoms and was diagnosed with delayed cerebellar ataxia (DCA), a rare, self-limiting post-malarial neurological complication with a favourable prognosis that may appear after effectively treated malaria.
2024
Inglese
Malaria; cerebellar dysmetria; cerebral malaria; delayed cerebellar ataxia
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Davoli, Caterina; Sponga, Pietro; Angheben, Andrea; Gobbi, Federico
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