Table 1.

Features shared between cerebral malaria and cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome [2, 48]

Clinical features

Seizures, headaches, persistent neurological deficits, including aphasia, hemiplegia, hemianopia, or cortical blindness

Radiological features

MRI findings of sub-arachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhages, cerebral infarction, and reversible brain oedema, hyperintensities on T2 imaging involving the cortex and sub-cortical and deep white matter

Doppler ultrasonographic findings

Maximum mean flow velocities in the middle cerebral arteries might be normal during the first few days after onset of symptoms