Citation

Soe S, Win MM, Htwe TT, Lwin M, Thet SS, Kyaw WW. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 1993; 24(1): 193-197.

Affiliation

Renal Dialysis Unit, Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, SEAMO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8362296

Abstract

Renal lesions in ten patients following Russell's viper bite were studied. Renal biopsies were available in six and autopsies in four patients. Autopsied tissues from two cases of traumatic death served as controls. Both qualitative and quantitative changes in the glomeruli, tubules, interstitium and blood vessels were evaluated. Tubular necrosis was detected in five, tubular degeneration in nine, glomerular changes in nine and interstitial changes in four cases. Generally tissues from expired cases had more severe and extensive renal lesions than those that survived.

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