Hemoperitoneum complicating snake bite: rare CT features.
Russels's viper bite victims with systemic poisoning may present with hemorrhagic manifestations, including spontaneous bleeding and incoagulable blood associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation and primary fibrinolysis, two of the most prominent manifestations of the systemic envenoming by this species. Various vascular complications of viperine snake bite have been reported in the literature. We report the computed tomographic findings in a case of snake bite resulting in hemoperitoneum, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported in the literature.
Rathod
K
K
Department of Radiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, India.
Sheth
R
R
Chavhan
G
G
Asrani
A
A
Raut
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017840:Daboia; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014757:Viper Venoms