Razi Ebrahim, Malekanrad Elaheh
Department of Internal Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2008 Nov-Dec;50(6):347-50. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652008000600007.
A 12-year-old boy was referred with acute asymmetric pulmonary edema (APE) four-hour after scorpion sting to Emergency department. On admission, the main clinical manifestations were: dyspnea, tachypnea, and tachycardia. Chest x-ray revealed APE predominantly on the right hemithorax. The patient was treated with oxygen, intravenous frusemide and digoxin and discharged on the sixth hospital day in a good condition. This case report emphasizes the occurrence of asymmetric pulmonary edema after severe scorpion envenomation within few hours immediately after the sting.
一名12岁男孩在被蝎子蜇伤4小时后因急性非对称性肺水肿（APE）被转诊至急诊科。入院时，主要临床表现为：呼吸困难、呼吸急促和心动过速。胸部X线显示主要在右半胸出现APE。患者接受了吸氧、静脉注射速尿和地高辛治疗，并于住院第六天状况良好出院。本病例报告强调了严重蝎子蜇伤后数小时内立即出现非对称性肺水肿的情况。
