TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypopituitarism and autoimmune thyroiditis following snake bite
T2 - An unusual clinical scenario
AU - Shetty, Sahana
AU - Abi, Manesh S.
AU - Hickson, Ravali
AU - David, Thambu
AU - Rajaratnam, Simon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Journal of Association of Physicians of India. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - Snake venom can cause local tissue damage and lead to coagulopathy, shock, neurotoxicity and acute kidney injury. Hypopituitarism is a rare complication following snake bite. It has been described following Russell’s viper bite from Burma and South India. Herein we describe a patient who presented with severe thyrotoxicosis and partial hypopituitarism following snake bite.
AB - Snake venom can cause local tissue damage and lead to coagulopathy, shock, neurotoxicity and acute kidney injury. Hypopituitarism is a rare complication following snake bite. It has been described following Russell’s viper bite from Burma and South India. Herein we describe a patient who presented with severe thyrotoxicosis and partial hypopituitarism following snake bite.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 26281485
AN - SCOPUS:84909975013
SN - 0004-5772
VL - 62
SP - 55
EP - 57
JO - Journal of Association of Physicians of India
JF - Journal of Association of Physicians of India
IS - November
ER -