Dupon M, Paty M C, Kuhne F, D'Ivernois C, Dominguez M, Lacut J Y, Le Rebeller M J
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Médecine Interne, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux.
Med Trop (Mars). 1990 Apr;50(2):197-9.
A 24-year-old woman presented with retinal hemorrhages, back from a travel in Cameroon. She took a chloroquine chemoprophylaxis. We diagnosed a malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum with anemia, splenomegaly and low parasitemia. A speedy clinical and ophthalmological recovery was obtained with mefloquine therapy. We discuss physiopathology of such uncommon retinal damage during malaria.
