title: Sting of the puss caterpillar: an unusual cause of acute abdominal pain.
abstract: We report the case of a 41-year-old man with abdominal pain after envenomization by a puss caterpillar. The patient's medical history and physical examination revealed classic symptoms, leading to the correct diagnosis and appropriate therapy with intravenous calcium gluconate. Although severe, local reactions to puss caterpillar envenomization have been previously described, to our knowledge this is the first report of a patient with severe, acute abdominal pain caused by a puss caterpillar's sting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Neustater
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Stollman
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Manten
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002125:Calcium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths
chemical_list: D002125:Calcium Gluconate