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Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene in a Child With Plasmodium falciparum Cerebral Malaria: A Rare but Serious Complication.

  • Ebenezer Ahenkan1,2
  • Maame Fremah Kotoh-Mortty3,4
  • Felix Osei Boateng1,3
  • Kwabena Karikari Donkor3,4
  • Nicole Sunaina Struck5
  • Jürgen May5,6
  • Oumou Maiga Ascofare1,5,6
6 affiliations
  1. 1Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research Group Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) Kumasi Ghana.
  2. 2Department of Pharmacology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi Ghana.
  3. 3Presbyterian Hospital Agogo Ghana.
  4. 4Presbyterian University Ghana Agogo Ghana.
  5. 5Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) Hamburg Germany.
  6. 6German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems Hamburg Germany.
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Abstract

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene is a rare, limb-threatening complication associated with severe infection and disseminated intravascular coagulation. We report a case of a 6-year-old girl with cerebral malaria who developed gangrene of all toes during treatment. Management included antimalarials, antibiotics, supportive care, debridement, and subsequent skin grafting after adequate wound granulation.

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@article{ahenkan2026symmetrical,
  title = {{Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene in a Child With Plasmodium falciparum Cerebral Malaria: A Rare but Serious Complication.}},
  author = {Ebenezer Ahenkan and Maame Fremah Kotoh-Mortty and Felix Osei Boateng and Kwabena Karikari Donkor and Nicole Sunaina Struck and Jürgen May and Oumou Maiga Ascofare},
  journal = {Clinical case reports},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.1002/ccr3.73843},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42999776},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene in a Child With Plasmodium falciparum Cerebral Malaria: A Rare but Serious Complication.
AU  - Ebenezer Ahenkan
AU  - Maame Fremah Kotoh-Mortty
AU  - Felix Osei Boateng
AU  - Kwabena Karikari Donkor
AU  - Nicole Sunaina Struck
AU  - Jürgen May
AU  - Oumou Maiga Ascofare
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/06
JO  - Clinical case reports
DO  - 10.1002/ccr3.73843
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42999776
AB  - Symmetrical peripheral gangrene is a rare, limb-threatening complication associated with severe infection and disseminated intravascular coagulation. We report a case of a 6-year-old girl with cerebral malaria who developed gangrene of all toes during treatment. Management included antimalarials, antibiotics, supportive care, debridement, and subsequent skin grafting after adequate wound granulation.
SN  - 2050-0904
ER  -