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Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting
White scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) stings are an emerging health hazard in northern Sri Lanka and are increasingly recognized particularly during the last decade. The stings are usually harmless; however, fatal cardiovascular sequelae ensues following severe envenomation. It is often difficult to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6393814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30834122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19834187 |
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author | Selladurai, Pirasath Sagayanathan, Prasanth A Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu |
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description | White scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) stings are an emerging health hazard in northern Sri Lanka and are increasingly recognized particularly during the last decade. The stings are usually harmless; however, fatal cardiovascular sequelae ensues following severe envenomation. It is often difficult to identify this miniature creature and its site of sting due to its nature of habitat and nonspecific local symptoms that develop after the sting. Here, we report a patient who had developed a blistering skin lesion soon after the sting which is not reported in the literature to date by the sting of this particular species. Recognizing it would help the clinicians of this subcontinent to consider scorpion sting as a differential diagnosis for the above presentation in the future. |
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spelling | pubmed-63938142019-03-04 Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting Selladurai, Pirasath Sagayanathan, Prasanth A Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report White scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) stings are an emerging health hazard in northern Sri Lanka and are increasingly recognized particularly during the last decade. The stings are usually harmless; however, fatal cardiovascular sequelae ensues following severe envenomation. It is often difficult to identify this miniature creature and its site of sting due to its nature of habitat and nonspecific local symptoms that develop after the sting. Here, we report a patient who had developed a blistering skin lesion soon after the sting which is not reported in the literature to date by the sting of this particular species. Recognizing it would help the clinicians of this subcontinent to consider scorpion sting as a differential diagnosis for the above presentation in the future. SAGE Publications 2019-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6393814/ /pubmed/30834122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19834187 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Selladurai, Pirasath Sagayanathan, Prasanth A Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
title | Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
title_full | Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
title_fullStr | Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
title_full_unstemmed | Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
title_short | Blistering skin lesion: A new observation of Hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
title_sort | blistering skin lesion: a new observation of hottentotta tamulus (white scorpion) sting |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6393814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30834122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19834187 |
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