Arterial thrombosis and gangrene secondary to arachnidism.
Spider bites can cause local tissue damage as well as life-threatening complications. This is a case report of a female with no history of lower extremity vascular disease who presented with a spider bite on the dorsum of her foot. She developed progressive necrosis and eventually suffered limb loss despite attempts at revascularization.
Eckermann
Jan M
JM
Division of Vascular Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA.
Teruya
Theodore H
TH
Bianchi
Christian
C
Abou-Zamzam
Ahmed M
AM
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*