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Cerebral malaria is a protozoal disease affecting the brain caused by Plasmodium falciparum. The hallmark of cerebral malaria is progressive decline in the sensorium leading to coma and in some cases death. MR findings reported in cerebral malaria are diffuse cerebral swelling / edema, bilateral nearly symmetrical T2 hyperintense lesions in basal ganglia and similar lesions in thalamus, pons and cerebellum. The imaging findings of cerebral malaria depend on the duration of the illness and time of MR examination. We describe two patients of cerebral malaria having mixed Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivex infestation showing bilateral basal ganglia infarcts with cerebral swelling in one patient and bilateral basal ganglia and cerebellar lesions in the other.

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The occurrence of chronic tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess and calvarial tuberculosis is rare, even in isolated form. Chronic tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess is usually due to vertebral tuberculosis in adults. Calvarial tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis with limited reports in medical literature. We describe a rare case of chronic tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess due to vertebral tuberculosis with associated calvarial tuberculosis.