Sornchai LooareesuwanNicholas J. WhitePornthep ChanthavanichBent E. Juel-JensenDavid A. WarrellPravan SutharasamaiKunthon SundaravejDanai BunnagTranakchit HarinasutaMahidol UniversityNuffield Department of Clinical MedicineLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineX-ray Computer Center2018-10-122018-10-121983-02-26The Lancet. Vol.321, No.8322 (1983), 434-437014067362-s2.0-0020676135https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/30510Computed tomography of the brain in 10 patients with severe cerebral malaria, 5 of whom died, showed evidence of cerebral oedema in only 2 fatal cases. Small areas of altered density were seen in 4 cases; these were not associated with focal neurological signs and were still visible in convalescent scans in 2 survivors. 4 patients, including 1 of the fatalities, had completely normal scans. Cerebral oedema may occur in severe cerebral malaria but is not a consistent feature of living patients and cannot, therefore, always be the cause of their coma. © 1983.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1016/S0140-6736(83)91437-X