Acute paraplegia following viper bite
Singh, S.; Chattopadhya, A.; Sud, A.; Wanchu, A.; Bambery, P.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 50: 1427-1429
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 12583476 Document Number: 547381
Neurological complications following viper bite are uncommon and are generally as a result of intracerebral or subarachnoid bleed and rarely due to cerebral infarction. We report a young male who following viperine bite developed local tissue swelling, haemorrhagic manifestations due to disseminated intravascular coagulation and later developed acute flaccid paraplegia as a result of dorsal spinal cord involvement.