| Literature DB >> 35586302 |
A Yalcouyé1, S H Diallo1,2, S Diallo2, G Landouré1,3, T Bagayoko1, O Maiga1, Z Fomba1, D Djibo1,4, C O Guinto1,3, Y Maiga1,2.
Abstract
Introduction: Snakebite envenomation can cause serious damage. Here, we report the case of a six-year-old male child bitten by a snake. Clinical description: The child presented a gingivorrhagia, abdominal pain, bloody vomiting and severe headache from a snakebite. Neurological examination showed paralysis of the III cranial nerve associated with bilateral blindness and mydriasis, unreactive on the right. The brain scan revealed a left frontal hematoma. The course on antivenom was marked by the disappearance of clinical signs except blindness which remained 18 months after discharge. Discussion -Entities:
Keywords: Blindness; Envenomation; Hemorrhagic stroke; Hospital; Mali; Snakebite; Sub-Saharan Africa
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Year: 2021 PMID: 35586302 PMCID: PMC9022746 DOI: 10.48327/mtsibulletin.2021.116
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Trop Sante Int ISSN: 2778-2034
Figure 1Scanner cérébral en coupe axiale (A) et sagittale (B) sans injection du produit de contraste mettant en évidence une hyperdensité spontanée frontale gauche entourée d'un oedème péri-lésionnel en faveur d'une hémorragie cérébrale intraparenchymateuse (cercle noir)
Non contrast brain Computed Tomography scan in axial (A) and sagittal (B) cut, showing left frontal spontaneous hyperdensity with perilesional edema suggesting brain intraparenchymal haemorrhage (black circle)