RETINAL HEMORRHAGE, A COMMON SIGN OF PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE IN CEREBRAL MALARIA
RETINAL HEMORRHAGE, A COMMON SIGN OF PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE IN CEREBRAL MALARIA
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.911
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
KANCHANARANYA, C
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作者:
LOOAREESUWAN, S;WARRELL, DA;KANCHANARANYA, C
Retinal hemorrhages were seen in 21 patients among a group of 144 with strictly-defined cerebral malaria. Hemorrhages were multiple in 17 cases and bilateral in 14. There was subhyaloid extension in 2. Soft exudates were seen in 2, the retinae were considered edematous in 4 and in 1 there was bilateral papilledema. Retinal hemorrhages were significantly associated with several indices of severity of P. falciparum infection: high parasitemia with schizontemia, anemia, elevated serum creatinine and reduced plasma antithrombin III. Only 2 patients with hemorrhages were both severely anemic and thrombocytopenic. Retinal hemorrhages, a frequent finding in cerebral malaria, may be visible evidence of vascular lesions involved in the pathogenesis of this condition.