title: Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite.
abstract: Centipede bites have been reported to cause localized and/or systemic symptoms including local pain, erythema and edema, nausea and vomiting, palpitations, headache, lymphadenopathy, and rhabdomyolysis. However, acute myocardial infarction due to centipede envenomation is reported in only three cases in English medical literature.We present a case of 31-year-old male bitten by a golden colored centipede leading to myocardial infarction and cardiopulmonary arrest which is seen very rarely. The patient was admitted to emergency department with a swollen and painful right foot. However, typical chest pain became the major complaint and cardiopulmonary arrest developed while electrocardiography was being obtained. The patient was resuscitated successfully for 5 min and acute infero-posterolateral myocardial infarction was detected on electrocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Varlık mah. Kazımkarabekir Caddesi, Soğuksu, Muratpaşa, 07100, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Çağin Mustafa
authors.initials: ÇM
authors.lastname: Üreyen
authors.forename: Şakir
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Cem Yunus
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Baş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001180:Arthropod Venoms / Q000506:poisoning*; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001180:Arthropod Venoms