Esophageal stricture following retained foreign body in a child.
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The clinical manifestations of viper bite vary from minor local symptoms to life threatening hepatotoxic or vasculotoxic features. Bilateral parotid enlargement is mentioned as one of the clinical signs of viperine envenomation in the Indian National Snakebite Protocol 2009 [1]. However, this is a rare clinical sign, and has been only occasionally reported in adult victims [2,3]. The cause of parotid swelling in viper bite is unknown, but it seems to represent a poor prognostic outcome [4].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 52 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015