Late neurological manifestation of scorpion poisoning. A case report
A 54 year old male patient from Mara Municipality, Zulia State, who had been bitten by an insect and presented manifestations of clinical acute pancreatitis, was admitted to a hospital. During convalescence of the pancreatitis it had been produced generalized tonic-clonic convulsions which required...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales
2003
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/520551c65f044ffba4182906ef03d033 |
| Summary: | A 54 year old male patient from Mara Municipality, Zulia State, who had been bitten by an insect and presented manifestations of clinical acute pancreatitis, was admitted to a hospital. During convalescence of the pancreatitis it had been produced generalized tonic-clonic convulsions which required hospitalization. During the in-hospital evolution loss of muscle force and sensibility in lower body members developed. The possible etiological scorpion puncture of the genus Tityus was suggested based on the possible physiological-pathological mechanisms that would explain these posterior neurological manifestations in the case of a scorpion encounter. |
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