Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report
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 probabl...
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| author | Thiago Cardoso Vale Alysson Ferreira Leite Priscila Ribeiro da Hora Marayra Inês França Coury Ricardo Cipriano da Silva Antônio Lúcio Teixeira |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-af4629fb909a4a92b35e4a66ae36bb832022-12-22T03:31:59ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492013-04-0146225525610.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013S0037-86822013000200255Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case reportThiago Cardoso ValeAlysson Ferreira LeitePriscila Ribeiro da HoraMarayra Inês França CouryRicardo Cipriano da SilvaAntônio Lúcio TeixeiraSnake 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200255&lng=en&tlng=enStrokeSnake biteVenomCrotalus durissus terrificus |
| spellingShingle | Thiago Cardoso Vale Alysson Ferreira Leite Priscila Ribeiro da Hora Marayra Inês França Coury Ricardo Cipriano da Silva Antônio Lúcio Teixeira Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Stroke Snake bite Venom Crotalus durissus terrificus |
| title | Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report |
| title_full | Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report |
| title_short | Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report |
| title_sort | bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation case report |
| topic | Stroke Snake bite Venom Crotalus durissus terrificus |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200255&lng=en&tlng=en |
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