Bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction following viper bite

• Published in: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India Vol. 57; p. 67
• Main Authors: Hoskote, S S, Iyer, Veena R, Kothari, V M, Sanghvi, Darshana A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Amoxicillin - therapeutic use; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antivenins - therapeutic use; Cerebral Arteries - drug effects; Cerebral Arteries - pathology; Cerebral Infarction - chemically induced; Cerebral Infarction - diagnosis; Clavulanic Acid - therapeutic use; Diuretics, Osmotic - therapeutic use; Factor VIII; Fibrinogen; Humans; Male; Mannitol - therapeutic use; Phenytoin - therapeutic use; Plasma; Snake Bites - complications; Snake Bites - drug therapy; Viper Venoms - poisoning; Viperidae

The viper is one of India's most commonly encountered poisonous snakes and envenomation following viper bite usually leads to consumption coagulopathy. Clinical manifestations most frequently include external and internal bleeding. In the setting of viper envenomation, large-vessel thrombosis i...