Citation

Negreiros MM, Yamashita S, Sardenberg T, Fávero EL, Ribeiro FA, Haddad WT, Haddad V. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 2016; 49(4): 530-533.

Affiliation

Departamento de Dermatologia e Radioterapia, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical)

DOI

10.1590/0037-8682-0359-2015

PMID

27598647

Abstract

Injuries caused by fish are common in marine and freshwater environments. Catfish of the Ariidae and Pimelodidae families cause about 80% of those injuries. One of the complications of injuries caused by fish is the retention of fragments of the stinger in the wounds. Here we report five cases (of a total of 127 injuries caused by catfish in the Brazilian coast) in which the retained fragments were detected by radiological examination. Retained fragments should be considered in patients stung by catfish. A simple X-ray is sufficient to detect fragments of stingers in the wounds.

Language: en