Lance-headed viper (Bothrops moojeni) bite wounding the eye

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Érico Otaviano Brandão¹  Helder Castro De Bastos¹  Sérgio De Andrade Nishioka¹  Paulo Vitor Portella Silveira¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Centro de Ciências Biomédicas Uberlândia MG ,Brazil

关键词: Bothrops moojeni;    Eye enucleation;    Eye injuries;    Snake bites;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651993000400014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A 5-year-old girl was bitten in her left eye by a lance-headed viper identified as Bothrops moojeni, measuring 115 cm of length. There was severe facial swelling and left exophthalmus, and enucleation of the eye was necessary. The patient apparently had mild systemic envenoming, but local inflammatory signs and histological evidence of necrosis suggest that both the mechanical trauma and the local action of the venom had a role in the genesis of the eye lesion. It is arguable if the loss of the eye could be prevented even if the antivenom was administered earlier.

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