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We report two children with severe neurological complications after having been stung by a scorpion. Clinical and MRI findings suggested brain infarcts. The lesions seen were in pons in one child and the right hemisphere in the other. The latter also showed possible hyperemia in the infarcted area. No vascular occlusions were observed and we therefore think the brain infarcts were a consequence of the scorpion sting. The cause of the infarct may be hypotension, shock or depressed left ventricular function, all of which are frequent in severe poisoning by scorpion sting.
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Received: 20 January 1999/Accepted: 13 May 1999
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Fernández-Bouzas, A., Morales-Reséndiz, M., Llamas-Ibarra, F. et al. Brain infarcts due to scorpion stings in children: MRI. Neuroradiology 42, 118–120 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050028
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050028