Cabrerizo Silvia, Docampo Patricia C, Cari Cristina, Ortiz de Rozas María, Díaz Mariano, de Roodt Adolfo, Curci Osvaldo
Centro Nacional de Intoxicaciones, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2009 Jun;107(3):256-8. doi: 10.1590/S0325-00752009000300014.
Loxoscelism is a disease caused by the bite of spiders belonging to Loxosceles genus, represented in our country by L. laeta. It is characterized by necrosis of the skin, accompanied in variable percentage by systemic manifestations that can lead to the death. The objective of this presentation is to report the case of a 6-year-old patient who developed visceral cutaneous loxoscelism with favourable resolution.