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Case Reports
. 2004 Sep-Oct;37(5):418-21.
doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000500011. Epub 2004 Sep 3.

[Lonomia erucism in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: report of a probable case and review]

[Article in Portuguese]
Maria Sueli Corrêa  1 , Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista, Andréia Patrícia Gomes, Adbell Franco-Barbosa, Ana Candida Arruda Verzola, Fabiana Ribeiro Queiroz de Oliveira, Fabiano Alves Squeff, Joaquim Maurício da Motta-Leal-Filho, Renato Henriques Tavares, Daniela Silva de Amorim, Nelson Luís De-Maria-Moreira, Sávio Silva Santos
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[Lonomia erucism in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: report of a probable case and review]

[Article in Portuguese]
Maria Sueli Corrêa et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2004 Sep-Oct.
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Abstract

This is a case report of a 44-year-old male living in Teresópolis, RJ, Brazil, probably poisoned by contact with a Lonomia caterpillar, who presented hemolytic anemia, decreased platelet count and acute renal insufficiency. Lonomia erucism diagnosis was established by anamnesis and clinical and laboratory manifestations. Therapeutic measures consisting of hemotransfusion and hemodialysis were successful. Physiopathologic and clinical features of erucism by Lonomia are discussed.

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