A case of spontaneous acute subdural hematoma in Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A systematic review

Abstract

Malaria is one of the most common and lethal endemic disease in tropical countries. Severe malaria can be manifested as impaired consciousness, respiratory distress, convulsions, jaundice, pulmonary oedema and even death. Involvement of CNS and spontaneous abnormal bleeding from body organs is common; however spontaneous bleeding in brain is extremely rare. We report a rare case of spontaneous acute subdural hematoma (SDH) in P. falcifarum malaria. A systematic review of cases reported in literature is done with its Neurosurgical implications.