| Revista: | The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000298902 |
| ISSN: | 1678-9199 |
| Autores: | Romero, N.O1 Hernández, T.J.M |
| Instituciones: | 1Hospital del Niño Morelense, Cuernavaca, Morelos. México |
| Año: | 2005 |
| Periodo: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 11 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginación: | 594-600 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | Scorpionism is a public health problem in some places in Mexico. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, developing systemic and local symptoms. The Central Nervous System (CNS) is one of the organs that are affected. In some cases, cerebral edema develops. In this report we present two pediatric cases with the association of envenomation by scorpion sting and cerebral edema. The first case developed severe cerebral edema, which progressed to a fatal outcome; and the other case developed mild cerebral edema with a satisfactory evolution. The pathophysiology of this complication is not well known and probably is the consequence of hypoxia, secondary to respiratory failure, laryngospasm and seizures that are manifestations of envenomation by scorpion sting |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Neurología, Toxicología, Picadura de alacrán, Edema cerebral |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Neurology, Toxicology, Scorpion sting, Brain edema |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
