Lung hemorrhage and brain stroke following fatal viper (cerastes cerastes) bite

Blood oxygen saturation after oxygen facemask was low, and the patient was intubated, using in endotracheal tube and was placed on a ventilator. 6 hours following admission, after the patient was somewhat stabilized, a noncontrast computerized tomographic (CT) scan of the head demonstrated multiples...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2017, Vol.26 (99), p.99-99
Main Authors: Bellasri, Salah, Janah, Hicham
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute stroke
envonimation
Images in Medicine
lung hemorrhage
Stroke
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Summary:Blood oxygen saturation after oxygen facemask was low, and the patient was intubated, using in endotracheal tube and was placed on a ventilator. 6 hours following admission, after the patient was somewhat stabilized, a noncontrast computerized tomographic (CT) scan of the head demonstrated multiples stroke with hemorrhagic infarction left middle cerebral artery territory (a, b). Figure 1 A computed tomography: (a, b) axial images of brain: show area of stroke in the left middle artery territory with hemorrhagic infarction; (c,d) chest coronal and axial images, in lung window: demonstrate an area of intra alveolar bleeding, involving the superior right pulmonary lobe and both the Fowler segment 1 Medical Imaging Department, Military Hospital, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco 2 Respiratory Department, Military Hospital, University Cadi Ayyad, 40010 Marrakech, Morocco
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2017.26.99.11727