Spontaneous peripheral gangrene following severe cerebral malaria

Abstract

A 30-year-old Ethiopian female developed spontaneous gangrene of the distal  phalanges of the right index and middle fingers and the distal phalanges of the great, second and middle toes of the right foot following cerebral malaria. Until now, there has been only five such cases of peripheral gangrene associated with 'cerebral' malaria reported in literature and all these were all from Southeast Asia.