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Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 13-14/2015

01.07.2015 | case report

Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite

verfasst von: Çağin Mustafa Üreyen, MD, Şakir Arslan, MD, Cem Yunus Baş, MD

Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 13-14/2015

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Summary

Centipede bites have been reported to cause localized and/or systemic symptoms including local pain, erythema and edema, nausea and vomiting, palpitations, headache, lymphadenopathy, and rhabdomyolysis. However, acute myocardial infarction due to centipede envenomation is reported in only three cases in English medical literature.
We present a case of 31-year-old male bitten by a golden colored centipede leading to myocardial infarction and cardiopulmonary arrest which is seen very rarely. The patient was admitted to emergency department with a swollen and painful right foot. However, typical chest pain became the major complaint and cardiopulmonary arrest developed while electrocardiography was being obtained. The patient was resuscitated successfully for 5 min and acute infero-posterolateral myocardial infarction was detected on electrocardiography.
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Metadaten
Titel
Cardiovascular collapse after myocardial infarction due to centipede bite
verfasst von
Çağin Mustafa Üreyen, MD
Şakir Arslan, MD
Cem Yunus Baş, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2015
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 13-14/2015
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-015-0801-z

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