Disseminated intravascular coagulation presenting as symmetrical peripheral gangrene

Disseminated intravascular coagulation presenting as symmetrical peripheral gangrene: a case report

Plasmodium vivax was traditionally thought to be benign; however, nowadays it presents with a myriad of systemic complications like cerebral malaria, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury, acute pancreatitis, hepatic dysfunction, and disseminated intravascular coagulation, which were earlier attributed only to Plasmodium falciparum malaria.