Citation

Essler SE, Julakanti M, Juergens AL. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2017; 28(1): 51-53.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas A&M/Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX (Drs Essler and Juergens).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2016.11.003

PMID

28089338

Abstract

Envenomation by Scolopendra heros, the Texas redheaded centipede, can present variably. Although transient pain and erythema are often treated conservatively, complications may include cellulitis, necrosis, myocardial infarction, and rhabdomyolysis. We present a case of an elderly man who came to the emergency department with lymphangitis and dermatitis secondary to a centipede sting that awoke him from sleep. It is important to recognize the potential of centipede envenomation to have severe local and systemic manifestations.

Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

arthropods; bites and stings; lymphangitis