title: Scorpion bite and multiple cerebral infarcts.
abstract: Multiple cerebral infarcts, bilateral optic neuropathy with limb ischemia, following scorpion bite is documented. Vasospasm and autonomic storm due to envenomation is a plausible explanation for this symptom complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, B.R.D. Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, 273013, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000150:complications*; D012605:Scorpions