Malaria

A life-threatening parasitic disease caused by <i>Plasmodium</i> (<i>P. </i>) parasites that are transmitted by <i>Anophles</i> mosquito bites to humans and is typically clinically characterized by attacks of fever, headache, chills and vomiting.

Granuloma

A compact, organized collection of mature mononuclear phagocytes, which may be but is not necessarily accompanied by accessory features such as necrosis.


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PMID (PMCID)
21525215
 MALE Middle Aged
Massilia timonae infection presenting as generalized lymphadenopathy in a man returning to Belgium from Nigeria.
Van Craenenbroeck AH, Camps K, Zachee P, Wu KL.
J Clin Microbiol. 2011;49(7):2763-5.
We report a case of apparent malaria infection presented with a syndrome of painless, generalized lymphadenopathy without granulomas shortly after exposure to fresh water in rural West Africa.
8100753
 MALE Adult
Immunopathological changes in human cerebral malaria.
Porta J, Carota A, Pizzolato GP, Wildi E, Widmer MC, Margairaz C, Grau GE.
Clin Neuropathol. 1993;12(3):142-6.
Histologic examination of brain tissue showed typical features of severe malaria infection (sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in vessels, cerebral oedema, petechial lesions and Durck granulomas).