Myocardial necrosis after envenomation by the scorpion Tityus serrulatus

被引:21
作者
Benvenuti, LA
Douetts, KV
Cardoso, JLC
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Inst Heart, Pathol Lab, BR-05403000 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Hosp Vital Brazil, Butantan Inst, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[3] Santa Casa de Misericordia Itu, Itu, Brazil
关键词
scorpion envenomation; Tityus serrulatus envenomation; pathology; Brazil;
D O I
10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90097-0
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
A 4 years old boy died a few hours after he had been stung by a scorpion (Tityus serrulatus). At necropsy, there were multiple foci of coagulative myocytolysis in the myocardium and pulmonary oedema. Myocardial necrosis was probably associated with the sympathetic storm induced by scorpion envenomation, and may have contributed to cardiac failure and death.
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