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Blood smear of the patient at presentation. Photomicrograph of the blood smear shows ring forms of Plasmodium falciparum (x 1000 magnification; Giemsa stain)
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Blood smears revealed parasitemia with 0.05% of the erythrocytes containing ring forms (Fig. 1).
a-c Brain magnetic resonance images on day 3 of illness. a The T2-weighted image and b the diffusion-weighted image show an oval-shaped high-signal lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum (arrow). c The apparent diffusion coefficient is decreased. d Brain magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted image on day 16 shows complete resolution of the lesion
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MRI of the brain demonstrated a high-signal lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum on diffusion-weighted images with a decreased apparent diffusion coefficient (Figs. 2a-c). Brain MRI on day 16 showed complete regression of the splenic lesion (Fig. 2d).