Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria

Karl B Seydel; Samuel D Kampondeni; Clarissa Valim; Michael J Potchen; Danny A Milner; Francis W Muwalo; Gretchen L Birbeck; William G Bradley; Lindsay L Fox; Simon J Glover; Colleen A Hammond; Robert S Heyderman; Cowles A Chilingulo; Malcolm E Molyneux; Terrie E Taylor

doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1400116

Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria

Karl B Seydel
, Samuel D Kampondeni
, Clarissa Valim
, Michael J Potchen
, Danny A Milner
, Francis W Muwalo
, Gretchen L Birbeck
, William G Bradley
, Lindsay L Fox
, Simon J Glover
, Colleen A Hammond
, Robert S Heyderman
, Cowles A Chilingulo
, Malcolm E Molyneux
, Terrie E Taylor

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Case fatality rates among African children with cerebral malaria remain in the range of 15 to 25%. The key pathogenetic processes and causes of death are unknown, but a combination of clinical observations and pathological findings suggests that increased brain volume leading to raised intracranial pressure may play a role. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) became available in Malawi in 2009, and we used it to investigate the role of brain swelling in the pathogenesis of fatal cerebral malaria in African children.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1126-37
Number of pages	12
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	372
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1400116
Publication status	Published - 19 Mar 2015

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Keywords

Brain
Brain Edema
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Malaria
Malawi
Male
Organ Size
Papilledema
Cerebral

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Seydel, K. B., Kampondeni, S. D., Valim, C., Potchen, M. J., Milner, D. A., Muwalo, F. W., Birbeck, G. L., Bradley, W. G., Fox, L. L., Glover, S. J., Hammond, C. A., Heyderman, R. S., Chilingulo, C. A., Molyneux, M. E., & Taylor, T. E. (2015). Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria. New England Journal of Medicine, 372(12), 1126-37. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1400116

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