Parkinsonism and Tremor in a Patient with Plasmodium vivax Malaria

Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2017 Jun 5:7:471. doi: 10.7916/D8P55V23. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Background: A 57-year-old male diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria presented with a subacute onset of hand tremor, slowness, and gait difficulty.

Phenomenology: A bilateral upper extremity kinetic tremor was seen, as well as a right upper extremity rigidity and body bradykinesia.

Educational value: Parkinsonism and tremor are neurological manifestations that may occur in malaria as a result of globus pallidi and dentate nuclei involvement.

Keywords: Parkinsonism; Plasmodium vivax; cerebral; malaria; tremor.