title: [Stingray injury--a harmless injury for surfers?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Stingray injuries with potentially lethal outcomes have been described in the medical literature, but a stingray injury to a surfer does not belong to the injuries treated daily in Germany.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a stingray injury to a 31-year-old female with an uncommon course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Diagnostics of and therapy for stingray injuries are described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stingray stings are painful injuries. In addition to the pain-relieving heat deactivation of the stingray toxin, the wound has to be cleaned to avoid secondary infection. Non-radiopaque foreign bodies should be ruled out by MRI. Stingray bites can cause severe injuries to water sportsmen and women with the need for surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kauther
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wedemeyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lendemans
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hussmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waydhas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jäger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012860:Skates, Fish