RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute myocardial infarction in a young man caused by centipede sting
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP e30
OP e30
DO 10.1136/emj.2005.030007
VO 23
IS 4
A1 A Yildiz
A1 S Biçeroglu
A1 N Yakut
A1 C Bilir
A1 R Akdemir
A1 A Akilli
YR 2006
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/4/e30.abstract
AB It is known that insects can cause various clinical effects such as myocardial ischaemia and hypotension from vasospasm and the myocardial toxic effects of the venom and anaphylaxis. Although myocardial ischaemia resulting from centipede sting has been reported once before, myocardial injury has not. In this report, the authors present the case of a 20 year old male patient bitten by a centipede and admitted to the emergency room with chest pain, abnormal electrocardiographic findings, and increased cardiac enzymes (cardiac troponin T) suggesting acute myocardial infarction.