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
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:af4629fb909a4a92b35e4a66ae36bb83 2023-05-15T14:55:59+02:00 Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report Thiago Cardoso Vale Alysson Ferreira Leite Priscila Ribeiro da Hora Marayra Inês França Coury Ricardo Cipriano da Silva Antônio Lúcio Teixeira 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013 https://doaj.org/article/af4629fb909a4a92b35e4a66ae36bb83 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200255&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013 https://doaj.org/article/af4629fb909a4a92b35e4a66ae36bb83 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 46, Iss 2, Pp 255-256 (2013) Stroke Snake bite Venom Crotalus durissus terrificus Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1667-2013 2022-12-30T21:33:38Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 46 2 255 256
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Snake bite
Venom
Crotalus durissus terrificus
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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Snake bite
Venom
Crotalus durissus terrificus
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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
topic_facet Stroke
Snake bite
Venom
Crotalus durissus terrificus
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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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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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Alysson Ferreira Leite
Priscila Ribeiro da Hora
Marayra Inês França Coury
Ricardo Cipriano da Silva
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
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title Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report
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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
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