Case Report: Spherocytic Hemolytic Anemia after Envenomation by Long-Nosed Viper (Vipera ammodytes)

Infant death after nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes) bite in Croatia: A case report.

A case of a 45-day-old male infant, bitten on the neck by nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes), is reported. This episode occurred while the baby was on a picnic with his parents in a hill near a town in southern Croatia. In spite of immediate arrival at hospital, where antivenom was administrated and all the necessary treatment measures were carried out, the infant died 6 h following...

Cloacoscopy in the Horned Viper (Vipera ammodytes)

This study illustrates the main morphological structures of the cloaca of six adult horned vipers Vipera ammodytes (3.3). The coprodeum is characterized by smooth and thin mucosa, with moderate vasculature. In the centre of the coprodeum the anal sphincter is located, which separates the coprodeum from the colon. Structures of the urodeum are divided by two highly developed septa in female vipe...

Thrombotic microangiopathy and fibrinolysis after hump-nosed viper envenomation.

Massive haemobilia due to rupture of a portal cavernoma is very rare. In our patient the cause for portal vein thrombosis remains obscure in the absence of umbilical sepsis, severe dehydration or a hypercoaguable state. Cavernous transformation has been documented even within a few days of the portal vein getting obstructed; and inflammation resulting from enteritis is a recognised cause of por...

Envenomation by the hump-nosed viper (Hypnale hypnale).

We carried out a prospective clinical study from June to December 1993 at the Base Hospital in Avissawella, Sri Lanka to determine the clinical features of envenomation by the hump-nosed viper (Hypnale hypnale). Sixty-two consecutive adult patients (63% males and 37% females, with a median age of 30 years [age range 13-68 years]) admitted to the medical unit following hump-nosed viper bites wer...

Eye muscle paralysis after Vipera aspis envenomation.