title: Fatal weeverfish sting.
abstract: We report a case of fatal weeverfish sting. An 18-year-old man was stung on the left leg by a weeverfish, which he was attempting to capture while snorkelling off the coast of Majorca (Spain). The man felt intense pain, but managed to swim to his boat where he lost consciousness after boarding rapidly. An hour later, when examined by a doctor, the subject was found to be in cardiorespiratory arrest. Reanimation manoeuvres were unsuccessful. The most import post-mortem findings were in the skin and lungs. A puncture wound, which traversed the greater saphenous vein and was covered by an intense haemorrhagic infiltrate, was observed in the skin. The lungs showed haemorrhagic alveolar oedema.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Toxicologia, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Borondo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nogué
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Poncela
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garrido
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Valverde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D004242:Diving; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005397:Fish Venoms / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D005397:Fish Venoms