Citation

Singh V, Digra SK, Slathia SS, Kakkar T. Indian Pediatr. 2012; 49(3): 242-243.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Jammu and *Department of Surgery, Sub District Hospital, Marh, Jammu,India. Correspondence to: Subhash Singh Slathia, Department of Pediatrics, Govt Medical College, Jammu, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Indian Pediatrics)

DOI

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PMID

22484745

Abstract

We report a 12 year old girl with snakebite, who developed hemothorax 5 days after admission. One liter of blood was aspirated. The bite was presumed to be that of saw scaled viper (Echis carinatus) that resulted in DIC and direct endothelial injury leading to bleed. Selective bleed into the pleural cavity is a rarity.

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