title: Persistent paresis of the facialis muscle after European adder (Vipera berus) bite on the forehead.
abstract: A case of Vipera berus (European adder) snake bite to the forehead is reported, which caused extensive oedema of the head and trunk and petechial haemorrhages. These resolved over several days but there was a persistent unilateral facial frontalis muscle paresis and ptosis most likely due to the location of the bite in the left fronto-temporal area.
authors.affiliation: Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin, Scharnhorststr 13, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. a.w.weinelt@t-online.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weinelt
authors.forename: Raimund Wolfgang
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sattler
authors.forename: Dietrich
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mebs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017819:Viperidae