| Journal: | The journal of venomous animals and toxins |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000298766 |
| ISSN: | 0104-7930 |
| Authors: | Fonseca, M.G1 Mathias, M.R.C2 Yamashita, S Morceli, J Barraviera, B |
| 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: | 2002 |
| Volumen: | 8 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 102-111 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | The objective of this clinical study was to evaluate local tissue damage caused by Bothrops sp envenoming in relation to lesion type and damaged tissues using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Fifteen patients bitten by Bothrops snakes were treated at the Emergency Unit of the Tropical Diseases Unit at the University Hospital, Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP, São Paulo State, Brazil. After receiving specific serotherapy, the patients were submitted to MR of the bite site. T1 spin-echo MRI were obtained revealing the following lesions: edema (n=9), edema associated with hemorrhage (n=5), and hemorrhage (n=1). Perimuscular areas (n=6) and subcutaneous tissues (n=5) were the most affected, followed by muscular tissues (n=4). It is important to mention that MRI did not show myonecrosis of the bite site, a widely reported finding in anatomical and histopathological experimental studies |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Toxicología, Mordeduras de serpiente, Daño tisular, Hemorragia, Mionecrosis, Imágenes de resonancia magnética, Bothrops |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Toxicology, Snake bites, Tissue damage, Hemorrhage, Myonecrosis, Magnetic resonance images, Bothrops |
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