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Diagnostic imaging of injuries caused by venomous and traumatogenic catfish
Negreiros,Marcos Mendes de Barros; Yamashita,Seizo; Sardenberg,Trajano; Fávero Junior,Edson Luiz; Ribeiro,Felipe Augusto HorácioAbstract: 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 de...
Venomous and poisonous arthropods: identification, clinical manifestations of e...
Haddad Junior,Vidal; Amorim,Paulo Cezar Haddad de; Haddad Junior,William Teixeira; Cardoso,João Luiz CostaAbstract This review presents the main species of venomous and poisonous arthropods, with commentary on the clinical manifestations provoked by the toxins and therapeutic measures used to treat human envenomations. The groups of arthopods discussed include the class Arachnida (spiders and scorpions, which are responsible for many injuries reported worldwide, including Brazil); the subphylum Myriapoda, with the ...