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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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Thiago Cardoso Vale, Alysson Ferreira Leite, Priscila Ribeiro da Hora, Marayra Inês França Coury, Ricardo Cipriano da Silva, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
Subjects:
Stroke
Snake bite
Venom
Crotalus durissus terrificus
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013
https://doaj.org/article/af4629fb909a4a92b35e4a66ae36bb83
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Summary: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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