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- Title
Renal cortical necrosis, peripheral gangrene, perinephric and retroperitoneal haematoma in a patient with a viper bite.
- Authors
Kumar, Susheel; Sharma, Aman; Sodhi, Kushaljit S; Wanchu, Ajay; Khandelwal, Niranjan; Singh, Surjit
- Abstract
Snakebites are estimated to affect more than 2.5 million people annually, of whom more than 100,000 die. Viper bites cause various systemic symptoms such as: coagulopathy; haemolysis; acute renal failure; a generalized increase in capillary permeability; rhabdomyolysis; and neurotoxicity. Wide spectrums of vascular complications are seen. We report the case of a patient developing gangrenous changes in a lower limb along with the development of perinepheric and retroperitoneal haematoma with acute cortical necrosis of the kidneys.
- Publication
Tropical doctor, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 2, p116
- ISSN
1758-1133
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1258/td.2011.110281