Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Bilateral ascending dry gangrene following documented smear-positive malaria in a patient with multivalvular rheumatic heart disease and normal CT angiography findings: a case report

Introduction: Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare syndrome characterized by distal ischemic necrosis affecting two or more extremities in the absence of major arterial occlusion or vasculitis. Malaria is an uncommon but recognized trigger, most often described in asso...