TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Diagnostic imaging of injuries caused by venomous and traumatogenic catfish
JO  - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
A1  - Negreiros, Marcos Mendes de Barros
A1  - Yamashita, Seizo
A1  - Sardenberg, Trajano
A1  - Fávero, Edson Luiz
A1  - Ribeiro, Felipe Augusto Horácio
A1  - Haddad, William Teixeira
A1  - Haddad, Vidal
SP  - 530
EP  - 533
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
N2  - Injuries caused by fish are common in marine and freshwater environments. Catfish of the Ariidae and Pimelodidae families cause about 80% of those injuries. One of the complications of injuries caused by fish is the retention of fragments of the stinger in the wounds. Here we report five cases (of a total of 127 injuries caused by catfish in the Brazilian coast) in which the retained fragments were detected by radiological examination. Retained fragments should be considered in patients stung by catfish. A simple X-ray is sufficient to detect fragments of stingers in the wounds.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0037-8682
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0359-2015
ID  - ref1
ER  -