Persistent paresis of the facialis muscle after European adder (Vipera berus) bite on the forehead.
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.
Weinelt
Wolfgang
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Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin, Scharnhorststr 13, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. a.w.weinelt@t-online.de
Sattler
Raimund Wolfgang
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Mebs
Dietrich
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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