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Acute kidney injury and pancreatitis due to scorpion sting : case report and li...
Albuquerque, Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira; Magalhães, Karla do Nascimento; Sales, Tamiris de Castro; Paiva, José Hícaro Hellano Gonçalves LimaDespite the high number of accidents due to scorpion stings in Brazil, severe cases in adults are seldomly reported. In the Northeast region of Brazil, Tityus stigmurus is the most prevalent species. A 69 year-old woman who was stung by a scorpion attended the emergency room 5 hours after envenomation. She got worse due to abdominal pain. Clinical findings were concordant with class III scorpion envenomation (m...
Acute kidney injury and pancreatitis due to scorpion sting: case report and lit...
Albuquerque, Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira; Magalhaes, Karla do Nascimento; Sales, Tamiris de Castro; Paiva, José Hícaro Hellano Gonçalves LimaDespite the high number of accidents due to scorpion stings in Brazil, severe cases in adults are seldomly reported. In the Northeast region of Brazil, Tityus stigmurus is the most prevalent species. A 69 year-old woman who was stung by a scorpion attended the emergency room 5 hours after envenomation. She got worse due to abdominal pain. Clinical findings were concordant with class III scorpion envenomation (m...