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Massive acute ischemic stroke after Bothrops spp. envenomation in southwestern Colombia: Case report and literature review
We present here the case of a 50-year-old male with no comorbidities referred from a rural area in southwest Colombia with a Bothrops spp. snakebite on the left hand. On admission, the patient presented with a deterioration of consciousness and required mechanical ventilation assistance. The MRI showed multiple ischemic areas in the bilateral frontaltemporal and occipital regions. Two months later, the patient had a favorable resolution, although central paresis in the III and VI cranial nerves and positive Babinski's sign persisted. As already mentioned, the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke due to snakebite is complex b...
Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Viviana Alexandra Mart ínez-Villota Paulo Francisco Mera-Mart ínez Jos é Darío Portillo-Miño Source Type: research