Plasmodium falciparum malaria: cerebral malaria

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<I>Plasmodium falciparum</I> malaria: cerebral malaria. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cerebral malaria: histopathology This is a high power microscopic view of a section of brain from a patient with cerebral malaria. It shows a Dürck granuloma. A collection of microglial cells (brain macrophages) is arranged around a capillary. The macrophages have been phagocytosing degenerate myelin following an ischaemic lesion caused by malaria. H&E stain.

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