Table 4 Summary of neuropathological features in the brainstem of fatal severe malaria cases
From: Erythropoietin and its receptors in the brainstem of adults with fatal falciparum malaria
Neuropathological feature | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Haemorrhages (% severe cases, n = 20) | Astrogliosis (% severe cases, n = 19) | Swollen Axons (% severe cases, n = 20) | Chromatolysis (% severe cases, n = 20) | |||||
Grade | NCM | CM | NCM | CM | NCM | CM | No. centres effected* | NCM | CM |
0 | 40 | 20 | 15.8 | 26.3 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 10 |
1 | 0 | 10 | 36.8 | 15.8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.3 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |