Citation

Pinson RT, Morgan JA. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1991; 20(5): 562-564.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Darnall Army Community Hospital, Ft Hood, Texas.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2024798

Abstract

We discuss the case of a 52-year-old woman who developed urticarial lesions after the acute envenomation of a puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis). The puss caterpillar, one of more than 50 species of caterpillars that can cause envenomation in the United States, is considered to be one of the most serious. Its clinical presentation and current recommended treatments are reviewed.

Language: en