Cerebral infarction in a young male following viper envenomation

Neurological deficits can occur following viper bite. It is usually due to intracerebral or subarachnoid bleed as a result of depletion of clotting factors. A healthy 21-year old male developed motor aphasia and right hemiplegia within two hours of being bit by a viper. Brain CT scan revealed a left...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 2000-07, Vol.48 (7), p.744
Hauptverfasser:	Panicker, J N, Madhusudanan, S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Animals Cerebral Infarction - chemically induced Cerebral Infarction - diagnosis Daboia Humans India Male Snake Bites - complications Snake Bites - therapy Viper Venoms - poisoning
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Zusammenfassung:	Neurological deficits can occur following viper bite. It is usually due to intracerebral or subarachnoid bleed as a result of depletion of clotting factors. A healthy 21-year old male developed motor aphasia and right hemiplegia within two hours of being bit by a viper. Brain CT scan revealed a left frontal lobe infarction. The possible mechanisms for cerebral infarction in this patient are hypotension, endothelial injury, hypercoagulability and vascular.
ISSN:	0004-5772