Fatal intracerebral haemorrhage following scorpion sting.
Though uncommon, scorpion stings can cause cerebrovascular accidents by various mechanisms such as venom induced autonomic storm leading to hypertension, hypotension, myocarditis, DIC or vasculitis by direct actions. We present a case of intracerebral bleed following scorpion sting, which is a rare presentation and seldom reported.
Department of Medicine, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal 462001.
Simmi
S
Dube
V K
VK
Sharma
T N
TN
Dubey
Narendra B
NB
Gouda
Vikrant
V
Shrivastava
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012605:Scorpions