Three-dimensional computed tomography reconstructive diagnosis of snakebite-induced cerebral infarction

Issue title: Multimedia Presentation Assisted Clinical Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment (II)

Guest editors: Yuanyuan ZhangDr.

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhang, Tianxi^{; 1} | Wang, Yan^{; 1} | Ye, Peng | Liu, Jiaji | Cheng, Yun | Wang, Shuhong | Rohozinski, Jan | Zhang, Yuanyuan^{; *} | Yu, Anyong^{; *}

Affiliations: Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Guizhou, China

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Anyong Yu and Yuanyuan Zhang, Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Guizhou 563003, China. E-mails: anyongyu@163.com (Anyong Yu); yzhang@wakehealth.edu (Yuanyuan Zhang).

Note: [1] These authors are equally contributed to this work.

Abstract: Despite common injury caused by snakebite, snakebite-induced ischemic stroke is rare. We reported on a patient who incurred a large cerebral infarction after being bitten by a Deinagkistrodon acutus, one of the most poisonous snakes in the southwestern of China. Applying 3D computed tomography (CT) of head combined with cerebral angiography examinations showed a large cerebral infarction, hernia in the right brain, developmental abnormalities of the right middle cerebral artery and cerebral artery of right brain. In conclusion, head CT imaging combined with cerebral angiography provides an efficient approach in diagnosis of stroke caused by snakebites.

Keywords: Snakebite, Deinagkistrodon acutus, cerebral infarction, 3D head computed tomography (CT)

DOI: 10.3233/XST-17348

Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 165-169, 2018