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.

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