Bilateral pallidostriatal necrosis caused by a wasp sting: a clinical and pathological study
| Autor: | Soriano G, T Tuñón, Delgado G, Gállego J, F. Lacruz, Villanueva Ja |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Necrosis Wasps Encephalopathy Globus Pallidus Central nervous system disease medicine Animals Humans Pathological Aged Coma Brain Diseases business.industry Insect Bites and Stings medicine.disease Corpus Striatum eye diseases Surgery Psychiatry and Mental health Sting Globus pallidus Etiology Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Tomography X-Ray Computed business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 58:474-476 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3050 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jnnp.58.4.474 |
| Popis: | A previously healthy man developed an acute encephalopathy with coma after a single wasp sting on his chin. Brain CT showed bilateral pallidostriatal radio-lucencies. He died 72 hours after the sting with no evidence of primary cardiorespiratory failure or allergic reaction. Pathological findings were bilateral pallidostriatal necrosis and diffuse neuronal damage in the frontal, temporal, and parietal cortex. The neurotoxic effect of the poison, together with a hypersensitivity are the most likely explanations for this unusual encephalopathy. |
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