Motor aphasia: A rare complication of scorpion sting

Scorpion sting is common in villages, and is an important public health problem in India. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, causing a variety of symptoms. The leading causes of death are cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary edema...

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Autores principales: Kshirsagar, Vinayak Y., Ahmed, Minhajuddin, Colaco, Sylvia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3611920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23560018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.106489
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description Scorpion sting is common in villages, and is an important public health problem in India. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, causing a variety of symptoms. The leading causes of death are cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary edema. We present herein a case of scorpion sting in a 9-year-old boy who developed pulmonary edema and gradually developed cytotoxic cerebral edema with infarct leading to motor aphasia with upper motor neuron facial palsy.
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spelling pubmed-36119202013-04-04 Motor aphasia: A rare complication of scorpion sting Kshirsagar, Vinayak Y. Ahmed, Minhajuddin Colaco, Sylvia M. J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Scorpion sting is common in villages, and is an important public health problem in India. The clinical symptoms of envenomation by scorpion sting are by sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation, causing a variety of symptoms. The leading causes of death are cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary edema. We present herein a case of scorpion sting in a 9-year-old boy who developed pulmonary edema and gradually developed cytotoxic cerebral edema with infarct leading to motor aphasia with upper motor neuron facial palsy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3611920/ /pubmed/23560018 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.106489 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Motor aphasia: A rare complication of scorpion sting
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3611920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23560018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.106489
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