A fatal case report of Plasmodium falciparum malaria complicated by acute subdural hematoma

This case details a male patient in his late 50s weighing 90 kg who traveled to Burkina Faso, Africa, for approximately 1 month. He developed fever, headache, and generalized myalgia 3 days after returning to Chongqing, China. The interval from the emergence of the patient’s symptoms to the diagnosis of severe falciparum malaria and the commencement of artesunate treatment was 9 days. Despite effective anti- Plasmodium falciparum treatment, the patient ultimately succumbed to multiple organ failure caused by P. falciparum infection complicated by an acute subdural hematoma.