Wasp sting-associated cerebral infarction: a role for cerebrovascular sympathetic innervation.
A 38-year-old man, stung repeatedly by wasps on the left face and neck, had his left internal carotid artery occluded 2 days later. A mechanism for ischemic stroke involving the sympathetic innervation of cerebral vasculature is suggested.
Department of Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.
J E
JE
Riggs
L M
LM
Ketonen
J B
JB
Bodensteiner
C G
CG
Benesch
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014863:Wasps