title: Hemothorax following snakebite.
abstract: We report a 12 year old girl with snakebite, who developed hemothorax 5 days after admission. One liter of blood was aspirated. The bite was presumed to be that of saw scaled viper (Echis carinatus) that resulted in DIC and direct endothelial injury leading to bleed. Selective bleed into the pleural cavity is a rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Jammu, India.
authors.forename: Virender
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sanjeev Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Digra
authors.forename: Subhash Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Slathia
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakkar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017819:Viperidae
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins