Citation

Neustater BR, Stollman NH, Manten HD. South. Med. J. 1996; 89(8): 826-827.

Affiliation

Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Southern Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8701388

Abstract

We report the case of a 41-year-old man with abdominal pain after envenomization by a puss caterpillar. The patient's medical history and physical examination revealed classic symptoms, leading to the correct diagnosis and appropriate therapy with intravenous calcium gluconate. Although severe, local reactions to puss caterpillar envenomization have been previously described, to our knowledge this is the first report of a patient with severe, acute abdominal pain caused by a puss caterpillar's sting.

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