Transient ischemic attack after Mesobuthus gibbosus envenomation

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Yalcin Golcuk
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
Murat Ozsarac
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
Adnan Bilge
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
Burcu Golcuk
Merkez Efendi State Hospital, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Manisa, Turkey
Bilge Piri Cinar
Prof. Dr. A. Ilhan Ozdemir State Hospital, Department of Neurology, Giresun, Turkey
Mustafa Hayran
Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Manisa, Turkey

Abstract

Endometriosis Mesobuthus gibbosus is a medically important venomous scorpion in western of Turkey which causes significant morbidity. Envenoming of this species scorpion results with varying degrees of local symptoms and clinically important systemic effects. This case describes an authenticated first case of transient ischemic attack in a 68 year-old-woman following envenoming by M. gibbosus in Turkey.

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Golcuk, Y. ., Ozsarac, M. ., Bilge, A. ., Golcuk, B., Cinar, B. P., & Hayran, M. . (2015). Transient ischemic attack after Mesobuthus gibbosus envenomation. Medical Science and Discovery, 2(1), 165–166. Retrieved from https://medscidiscovery.com/index.php/msd/article/view/67
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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015): Medical Science and Discovery
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Case Reports

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