POST MALARIAL NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME : A RARE CASE REPORT AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) is defined as the acute onset of neurological or neuropsychiatric syndrome in a patient who had recently recovered from malaria and have negative blood film at the time of onset of neurological symptoms. Post Malarial Neurological Syndrome a manifestation of cerebral malaria is known to be caused by plasmodium falciparum. It’s characterized by aphasia, tremors, myoclonus, psychiatric manifestations and white matter patchy changes in MRI. Post malarial neurological syndrome causes mild neurological deficits to severe encephalopathies. Vivax malaria is known to have a more benign course. Here, we report a rare case report suggestive of cerebral malaria caused by plasmodium vivax. Post Malarial Neurological Syndrome is usually caused by plasmodium falciparum but we present a rare case where syndrome is caused by pl. vivax.