Symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria-induced disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
Sana ZA Ghafoor
SZA Ghafoor, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorEva A MacRae
EA MacRae, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorKeith G Harding
KG Harding, MB MRCGP, FRCS, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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Girish K Patel
GK Patel, MBBS, MRCP, MD, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Dr Girish K. Patel, MBBS, MRCP, MD, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Upper Ground Floor, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XNE-mail:[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSana ZA Ghafoor
SZA Ghafoor, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorEva A MacRae
EA MacRae, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorKeith G Harding
KG Harding, MB MRCGP, FRCS, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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Girish K Patel
GK Patel, MBBS, MRCP, MD, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Dr Girish K. Patel, MBBS, MRCP, MD, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Upper Ground Floor, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XNE-mail:[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Ghafoor SZA, MacRae EA, Harding KG, Patel GK. Symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria-induced disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.
Symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene is a life-changing complication, caused by a pro-thrombotic life-threatening disease, such as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) secondary to systemic infection. We describe the unusual case of a woman who developed symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following DIC because of malaria. While initial treatment led to cure of the infection, in this report we describe also the subsequent management of symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene.
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