Citation

Kshirsagar VY, Ahmed M, Colaco SM. J. Pediatr. Neurosci. 2012; 7(3): 231-233.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/1817-1745.106489

PMID

23560018

Abstract

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.

Language: en