Falciparum malaria or fulminant hepatic failure?

A Rare Case Report of Fatal Fulminant Hepatic Failure in a Child due to Mixed vivax and falciparum Infection

Malaria remains an overwhelming problem in the tropical developing countries, with 300 to 500 million new cases and about a million deaths per year (Mishra et al., 2003). Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease in the tropics. Jaundice is one of the severe manifestations of falciparum malaria. Its incidence (Mishra et al., 2003). varies between 10 and 45% in different reports and is s...

Falciparum Malaria: Various Presentations

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the modes of clinical presentations of falciparum malaria. Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Medical Unit 5, Civil Hospital Karachi and Ankle Sria Hospital Karachi from August 2003 to December 2005. Methods: A total of 348 patients admitted with fever were screened with peripheral blood smear for malarial parasite. One hundre...

Acute fulminant hepatic failure due to colchicine – a rare manifestation of Gloriosa superba poisoning.

Glyphosate Poisoning with Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Background: Glyphosate containing herbicides are widely used the world over. They are marketed as nontoxic to humans, but numerous studies have showed that these glyphosate-based herbicides (GlySH) can cause multiorgan damage.1 Recent reports of animal studies on rats have raised a doubt of liver damage after long term exposure to GlySH. Case Presentation: a young male had chronic exposure to G...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma