Bhatt Alok, Menon Aravind Ajakumar, Bhat Rama, Ramamoorthi Kusugodlu
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Sep 6;2013:bcr2013200336. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200336.
Cerebrovascular complications are rare following viper bites. A 65-year-old man presented with loss of consciousness and developed haemiparesis following a viper bite. Coagulation parameters were severely deranged. MRI showed acute ischaemic infarction on the left side in the precentral and postcentral gyrus, hemipons and cerebellum. Troponin T was elevated and transient left bundle branch block was seen. The patient had a good outcome following treatment with Anti Snake Venom and supportive therapy. Possible mechanisms of infarction are discussed.
毒蛇咬伤后脑血管并发症罕见。一名65岁男性在被毒蛇咬伤后出现意识丧失并发展为偏瘫。凝血参数严重紊乱。磁共振成像显示中央前回、中央后回、脑桥半侧和小脑左侧急性缺血性梗死。肌钙蛋白T升高,并出现短暂性左束支传导阻滞。经抗蛇毒血清治疗和支持治疗后,患者预后良好。文中讨论了梗死的可能机制。