Cerebral infarction in a young male following viper envenomation.

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2000-07-29
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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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Panicker JN, Madhusudanan S. Cerebral infarction in a young male following viper envenomation. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2000 Jul; 48(7): 744-5
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