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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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46(2): 255-256, Mar-Apr/2013. graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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RESUMO
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.