Extracapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis in Russell's viper bite.

Bilateral blindness following Russell’s viper bite - a rare clinical presentation: a case report

INTRODUCTION Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is one of the most common medically important snakes reported in Sri Lanka. Its envenomation leads to significant mortality and morbidity with local, hematological, neurological and renal complications. Here we report the case of a patient who presented with bilateral blindness secondary to a bilateral posterior circulation ischemic stroke instead ...

Revisiting Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Bite in Sri Lanka: Is Abdominal Pain an Early Feature of Systemic Envenoming?

The Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is responsible for 30-40% of all snakebites and the most number of life-threatening bites of any snake in Sri Lanka. The clinical profile of Russell's viper bite includes local swelling, coagulopathy, renal dysfunction and neuromuscular paralysis, based on which the syndromic diagnostic tools have been developed. The currently available Indian polyvalent an...

Viper Bite in a Dog Treated with Permanganate of Potash: Recovery

Sir,.?Two officers of this station had gone out shooting ono afternoon with three dogs. One dog which was walking ahead was bitten on the upper part of his foreleg by a very big Russell's Viper (Daboia Russellii). The officers saw the snake biting the dog which had some difficulty in getting himself released. The other two dogs when they saw what had happened, ran and caught hold of the snake; ...

Thalamic infarction following a Russell's viper bite.

We report a case of a Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) bite involving a 55-year-old male who developed a bilateral thalamic infarction. Although the coagulopathy was controlled within twenty-four hours, the patient became restless and disoriented. Due to the initial prolonged clotting time, we suspected an intracranial bleed. T2 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed bilateral in...

Plasma clearance time of Russell's viper (Vipera russelli) antivenom in human snake bite victims.