Upper airway obstruction caused by brown recluse spider envenomization of the neck.
A 7-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with progressive cervical soft tissue swelling and airway compromise due to envenomization by a brown recluse spider. This life-threatening complication is an extremely unusual presentation of brown recluse spider envenomization. Previous published reports have centered on the disfiguring localized tissue necrosis or life-threatening systemic reactions that occur secondary to the spider's venom.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
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Goto
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Abramo
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Ginsburg
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy