Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
; 46(2): 255-256, Mar-Apr/2013. graf
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ABSTRACT
Snake bite envenoming is a disease with potential serious neurological complications. We report a case of an adolescent who was bitten by a rattlesnake and developed bilateral posterior circulation stroke. The rattlesnake was later identified as being Crotalus durissus terrificus. Stroke was probably due to toxic vasculitis or toxin-induced vascular spasm and endothelial damage.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Snake Bites
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Crotalus
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Stroke
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Crotalid Venoms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
Year:
2013
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Article