Case Report: An unusual case of bee envenomation presenting with acute kidney injury, cavernous venous thrombosis and multiple episodes of convulsions
<p>Bee stings are common in the tropics and cause minor problems but may occasionally cause severe anaphylactoid reactions.</p><p>Summary of clinical case: We present a case of M.O.O., an 8-year-old boy who was stung three times on the face and developed severe manifestations inclu...
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| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Macrine Olwala |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a George Michael Odhiambo Owiti |e author |
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Case Report: An unusual case of bee envenomation presenting with acute kidney injury, cavernous venous thrombosis and multiple episodes of convulsions |
| 260 | |b Global Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports - Peertechz Publications, |c 2020-11-07. | ||
| 520 | |a <p>Bee stings are common in the tropics and cause minor problems but may occasionally cause severe anaphylactoid reactions.</p><p>Summary of clinical case: We present a case of M.O.O., an 8-year-old boy who was stung three times on the face and developed severe manifestations including acute kidney injury, cavernous sinus thrombosis and multiple convulsions but recovered without sequelae.</p><p>Discussion: There is an association between the severity of reaction and the number of bee stings but this case was unique in the sense that we had only 3 stings reported and we developed life threatening clinical manifestations.</p> | ||
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