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Jellyfish Envenomation Resulting In Vascular Insufficiency And Neurogenic Injury of Upper Limb

Following a week after a jellyfish sting, a young man presented with regional cyanosis and threat of distal gangrene secondary to vascular spasm in the forearm. The patient also suffered from transient paresis and numbness of the affected upper limb. Contrasted imaging revealed unopacified vessels i...

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Autores principales: Choong, CYL, Chan, HZ, Faruk, NA, Bea, KC, Zulkiflee, O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5393135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611910
http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1511.007
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Zulkiflee, O
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description Following a week after a jellyfish sting, a young man presented with regional cyanosis and threat of distal gangrene secondary to vascular spasm in the forearm. The patient also suffered from transient paresis and numbness of the affected upper limb. Contrasted imaging revealed unopacified vessels in the distal forearm and worsening swelling warranted emergency surgical fasciotomy for impending compartment syndrome. This case highlights the occurrence of jellyfish envenomation and the need for early treatment.
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spelling pubmed-53931352017-06-13 Jellyfish Envenomation Resulting In Vascular Insufficiency And Neurogenic Injury of Upper Limb Choong, CYL Chan, HZ Faruk, NA Bea, KC Zulkiflee, O Malays Orthop J Case Report Following a week after a jellyfish sting, a young man presented with regional cyanosis and threat of distal gangrene secondary to vascular spasm in the forearm. The patient also suffered from transient paresis and numbness of the affected upper limb. Contrasted imaging revealed unopacified vessels in the distal forearm and worsening swelling warranted emergency surgical fasciotomy for impending compartment syndrome. This case highlights the occurrence of jellyfish envenomation and the need for early treatment. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5393135/ /pubmed/28611910 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1511.007 Text en © 2015 Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA). All Rights Reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jellyfish Envenomation Resulting In Vascular Insufficiency And Neurogenic Injury of Upper Limb
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title_full Jellyfish Envenomation Resulting In Vascular Insufficiency And Neurogenic Injury of Upper Limb
title_fullStr Jellyfish Envenomation Resulting In Vascular Insufficiency And Neurogenic Injury of Upper Limb
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title_short Jellyfish Envenomation Resulting In Vascular Insufficiency And Neurogenic Injury of Upper Limb
title_sort jellyfish envenomation resulting in vascular insufficiency and neurogenic injury of upper limb
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5393135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611910
http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1511.007
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