Local edema and hemorrhage caused by Crotalus durissus terrificus envenoming evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)



Document title: Local edema and hemorrhage caused by Crotalus durissus terrificus envenoming evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Journal: The journal of venomous animals and toxins
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000298752
ISSN: 0104-7930
Authors: 1
2


Institutions: 1Faculdade do Norte Paulista, Bebedouro, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Botucatu, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 8
Number: 1
Pages: 49-59
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract The objective of this study was to detect the presence of local edema and hemorrhage caused by Crotalus durissus terrificus envenoming using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Six patients bitten by Crotalus durissus terrificus snakes were treated at the Emergency Unit and Tropical Diseases Unit of Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP, São Paulo State, Brazil. After receiving specific serotherapy, the patients were submitted to MR of the bite site. Post contrast T1 and T2 spin-echo MRI were obtained revealing the following lesions: edema associated with hemorrhage in subcutaneous and muscular tissue (n=3), edema in subcutaneous tissue (n=2), and perimuscular hemorrhage (n=1). In this study, MR demonstrated a local effect of Crotalus durissus terrificus envenoming in inducing edema and hemorrhage, mainly in muscular tissues and perimuscular areas. These results indicate that Crotalus durissus terrificus venom cause a local muscular tissue damage in human envenoming represented by edema and hemorrhage
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Toxicología,
Mordeduras de serpiente,
Daño muscular,
Edema,
Hemorragia,
Crotalus durissus terrificus,
Crotalidae
Keyword: Medicine,
Toxicology,
Snake bites,
Muscular damage,
Edema,
Hemorrhage,
Crotalus durissus terrificus,
Crotalidae
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