TY - JOUR
T1 - Systemic loxoscelism in an epileptic patient. Case report
AU - Pichardo-Rodriguez, Rafael
AU - Grandez-Urbina, J. Antonio
AU - Zegarra del Rosario-Alvarado, Saarah
AU - del Carpio-Yañez, Victor A.
AU - Saavedra-Velasco, Marcos
AU - Garcia-Perdomo, Herney Andrés
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Sociedad Española de Enfermería Neurológica
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Loxoscelism is the clinical problem produced by the bite of a spider of the genus Loxosceles. The most severe presentation is systemic loxoscelism that can compromise the patient's life if it is not diagnosed and treated in time. There are no reports about how it presents in patients with an epilepsy diagnosis. We present the case of a 28-year-old male patient, with a prior history of epilepsy in treatment with anticonvulsants. He developed systemic loxoscelism after a spider bite in the posterior middle third of the right arm. However, the patient did not develop seizures despite the unfavorable course of his clinical symptoms.
AB - Loxoscelism is the clinical problem produced by the bite of a spider of the genus Loxosceles. The most severe presentation is systemic loxoscelism that can compromise the patient's life if it is not diagnosed and treated in time. There are no reports about how it presents in patients with an epilepsy diagnosis. We present the case of a 28-year-old male patient, with a prior history of epilepsy in treatment with anticonvulsants. He developed systemic loxoscelism after a spider bite in the posterior middle third of the right arm. However, the patient did not develop seizures despite the unfavorable course of his clinical symptoms.
KW - Brown recluse spider
KW - Epilepsy
KW - MeSH
KW - Spider venom
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sedene.2019.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.sedene.2019.10.004
M3 - Original Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078623718
SN - 2013-5246
VL - 52
SP - 37
EP - 40
JO - Revista Cientifica de la Sociedad Espanola de Enfermeria Neurologica
JF - Revista Cientifica de la Sociedad Espanola de Enfermeria Neurologica
ER -