Spontaneous acute subdural hematoma in malaria: a case report.

Abstract

Malaria is a major health problem in tropical countries. Among its complications, cerebral malaria is the most devastating and can present as hemiplegia, convulsions, disorientation, delirium, coma and finally death1,2. Rare complications of cerebral malaria such as spontaneous subdural empyema and subarachnoid hemorrhage has also been reported in literature1,3,4. We report development of spontaneous acute subdural hematoma in a patient of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.