TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation
T2 - Case report
AU - Vale, Thiago Cardoso
AU - Leite, Alysson Ferreira
AU - Da Hora, Priscila Ribeiro
AU - Coury, Marayra Inês França
AU - Da Silva, Ricardo Cipriano
AU - Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Snake bite envenoming is a disease with potential serious neurological complications. We report a case of an adolescent who wasbitten 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.
AB - Snake bite envenoming is a disease with potential serious neurological complications. We report a case of an adolescent who wasbitten 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.
KW - Crotalus durissus terrificus
KW - Snake bite
KW - Stroke
KW - Venom
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U2 - 10.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013
DO - 10.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013
M3 - Article
C2 - 23740059
AN - SCOPUS:84877960880
SN - 0037-8682
VL - 46
SP - 255
EP - 256
JO - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
JF - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
IS - 2
ER -