Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
LATRODECTISMO
Ortuño Lazarte, Patricia Elizabeth; Ortiz Samur, Nadir Peggy.
  • Ortuño Lazarte, Patricia Elizabeth; Universidad Mayor de San Simón. Facultad de Medicina.
  • Ortiz Samur, Nadir Peggy; Universidad Mayor de San Simón. Facultad de Medicina.
Rev. cientif. cienc. med ; 12(1): 25-28, 2009. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-737942
RESUMEN
Se denomina latrodectismo al síndrome de emponzoñamiento por mordedura de arañas del género Latrodectus. El agente causal en América es Latrodectus mactans, conocida como "viuda negra", "araña del trasero colorado" y "araña del trigo". A continuación reportamos el caso de un paciente de 47 años, cuyo cuadro es producto de la mordedura de Latrodectus mactans, consideramos relevante este caso ya que debemos conocer las características clínicas de este síndrome, caso contrario podríamos vernos inmersos en una amplia gamma de posibilidades diagnósticas que van desde un abdomen agudo, tétanos, pancreatitis, hasta un infarto agudo de miocardio.
ABSTRACT
It names latrodectismo to the syndrome of poisoning for bite of spiders of the kind(genre) Latrodectus. The causal agent in America is Latrodectus mactans known as"black widow","spider of the coloured(red) back" and "spider of the wheat". Later we report the case of a 47-year-old patient, whose picture is a product of the bite of Latrodectus mactans, consider this case to be relevant since we must know the clinical characteristics of this syndrome, opposite case we might meet immersed in a wide gamma of possibilities that go from a acute abdomen, tetanus, pancreatitis, up to a acute heart attack of myocardium.

Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cientif. cienc. med Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Bolivia

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS

Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cientif. cienc. med Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Bolivia