| Abstract | Sudden onset symmetric peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a relatively uncommon clinical entity manifested by distal ischemic damage at two or more sites in the absence of large vessel obstruction. Here we report a case of complicated falciparum malaria with rapid onset SPG involving all the toes. |
| Authors | S Kakati, B Doley, B Barman, Anjana Devi
(Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam.)
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| Journal | The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
(J Assoc Physicians India)
Vol. 52
Pg. 498-9
(Jun 2004)
ISSN: 0004-5772 India |
| PMID | 15645963
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Animals
- Female
- Gangrene
(parasitology)
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
(complications)
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Toes
(pathology)
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