Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ketan Patel, Elanchezhian Rajan, Pradeep Vijayakumar, Stephen W Miller, Alexandra Rucavado, Soheil Gilabadi, Medha Sonavane, Nicholas J Richards, Jarred Williams, Harry F Williams, Steven A Trim, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, José María Gutiérrez, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri
Envenomings by Russell's viper ( Daboia russelii ), a species of high medical importance in India and other Asian countries, commonly result in hemorrhage, coagulopathies, necrosis, and acute kidney injury. Although bleeding complications are frequently reported following viper envenomings, thrombotic events occur rarely (reported only in coronary and carotid arteries) with serious consequences. For the first time, we report three serious cases of peripheral arterial thrombosis following Russell's viper bites and their diagnostic, clinical management, and mechanistic insights...
April 2023: TH Open: Companion Journal to Thrombosis and Haemostasis