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Article
in English
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| ID: sea-143517
ABSTRACT
The viper is one of India’s most commonly encountered poisonous snakes and envenomation following viper bite usually leads to consumption coagulopathy. Clinical manifestations most frequently include external and internal bleeding. In the setting of viper envenomation, large-vessel thrombosis is a very rare occurrence. Also, bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction, when unrelated to anatomical abnormalities, subarachnoid haemorrhage, surgery or trauma, itself is an exceedingly rare event. We report a case of a 24-year-old previously healthy man who presented with bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction following a viper bite. We also present hypotheses that may explain this unusual occurrence. ©
Subject(s)
Adult , Amoxicillin/therapeutic use , Animals , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Antivenins/therapeutic use , Cerebral Arteries/pathology , Cerebral Infarction/chemically induced , Cerebral Infarction/diagnosis , Clavulanic Acid/therapeutic use , Diuretics, Osmotic/therapeutic use , Factor VIII , Fibrinogen , Humans , Male , Mannitol/therapeutic use , Phenytoin/therapeutic use , Plasma , Snake Bites/complications , Viper Venoms/poisoning , Viperidae
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Neurol India
;
2008 Apr-Jun; 56(2): 209-10
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-121098