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Snake-strike--induced ischemic colitis with colonic stricture complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Abstract
A 57-year-old farmer was struck on the right thumb by a pit viper (Agkistrodon blomhoffü). Subsequently, he had acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), associated with melanotic stools and abdominal pain. Renal failure caused by renal cortical necrosis was successfully treated with hemodialysis. A double-contrast barium enema examination revealed multiple stenoses of the colon, regional edema, and longitudinal ulcer. Histologic examination of the stenotic lesions after laparotomy revealed fibrosis of both submucosa and proper muscle layer, with fibrotic thickness in the small arteries of the colonic wall, indicating that ischemic colitis was associated with DIC. In this case, DIC from viper toxins played an etiologic role in the development of ischemic colitis with stricture, as well as acute renal failure.
AuthorsR Iwakiri, K Fujimoto, M Hirano, T Hisatsugu, I Nojiri, T Sakemi
JournalSouthern medical journal (South Med J) Vol. 88 Issue 10 Pg. 1084-5 (Oct 1995) ISSN: 0038-4348 [Print] United States
PMID7481971 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Acute Kidney Injury (etiology, therapy)
  • Agkistrodon
  • Animals
  • Colitis, Ischemic (etiology, surgery)
  • Colonic Diseases (etiology, surgery)
  • Constriction, Pathologic (etiology, surgery)
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (etiology, therapy)
  • Humans
  • Laparotomy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Rhabdomyolysis (etiology)
  • Snake Bites (complications)

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