Cerastes cerastes envenomation in an 18 year old female: a case report.
An 18 year old woman was bitten on the second finger of her right hand by a Cerastes cerastes. A literature search revealed very few clinical cases, and most of those were only laboratory and in 'vitro studies'. Local signs included a hemorrhagic wound at the site of the bite with marked swelling of the entire hand. Twelve hours later, the patient developed coagulopathy, which lasted 3 days and required repeated administration of blood products. Treatment was essentially supportive and the patient was discharged from the hospital after 5 days in good condition.
Lifshitz
Matitiahu
M
Toxicology Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel. matyl@bgumail.ac.il
Kastel
Hana
H
Harman-Boehm
Ilana
I
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010976:Platelet Count; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D017819:Viperidae