Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Child Stung by Androctonus mauretanicus Scorpion

Houssam Rebahi; Youssef Mouaffak; Mohamed-Othmane Dilai; Nezha Haimeur; Ahmed-Ghassane Eladib; Said Younous

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.12.007

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Child Stung by Androctonus mauretanicus Scorpion

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Jun;24(6):e129-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.12.007. Epub 2015 Apr 11.

Authors

Houssam Rebahi¹, Youssef Mouaffak², Mohamed-Othmane Dilai², Nezha Haimeur², Ahmed-Ghassane Eladib², Said Younous²

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine Department, Mother and Child Hospital, Mohammed VI Teaching Hospital, Medical School of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. Electronic address: r-houssam@hotmail.com.
² Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine Department, Mother and Child Hospital, Mohammed VI Teaching Hospital, Medical School of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.

PMID: 25869776
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.12.007

Abstract

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after scorpion sting was very rarely reported in literature. This is an authenticated report of PRES occurring, in a 3-year-old previously healthy girl, as a complication of the Moroccan Androctonus mauretanicus sting. According to the available and recent data, we attempt to discuss the potential mechanisms leading to this neurologic disorder and to determine the possible cause-effect relationship between scorpion venom and its development.

Keywords: Androctonus mauretanicus; child; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; scorpion sting.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology*
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / pathology*
Scorpion Stings / pathology*