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Case Reports
. 2000 Jul;48(7):744-5.

Cerebral infarction in a young male following viper envenomation

J N Panicker  1 , S Madhusudanan
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Case Reports

Cerebral infarction in a young male following viper envenomation

J N Panicker et al. J Assoc Physicians India. 2000 Jul.

Abstract

Neurological deficits can occur following viper bite. It is usually due to intracerebral or subarachnoid bleed as a result of depletion of clotting factors. A healthy 21-year old male developed motor aphasia and right hemiplegia within two hours of being bit by a viper. Brain CT scan revealed a left frontal lobe infarction. The possible mechanisms for cerebral infarction in this patient are hypotension, endothelial injury, hypercoagulability and vascular.

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