title: Motor aphasia: A rare complication of scorpion sting.
abstract: Scorpion sting is common in villages, and is an important public health problem in India. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, causing a variety of symptoms. The leading causes of death are cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary edema. We present herein a case of scorpion sting in a 9-year-old boy who developed pulmonary edema and gradually developed cytotoxic cerebral edema with infarct leading to motor aphasia with upper motor neuron facial palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.
authors.forename: Vinayak Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Kshirsagar
authors.forename: Minhajuddin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Sylvia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Colaco
keywords: Cerebral infarct; motor aphasia; scorpion sting
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