title: Scorpion sting-induced pulmonary edema. Scintigraphic evidence of cardiac dysfunction.
abstract: We report two cases of pulmonary edema due to scorpion sting. Radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA scan) showed localized cardiac dysfunction. The cardiac injury induced by the scorpion venom persisted for a prolonged period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rahav
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D002648:Child; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000150:complications*; D012605:Scorpions; D013997:Time Factors