Common adder bite to the tongue causing life threatening toxicity from airway compromise

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 May;48(4):397-8. doi: 10.3109/15563651003657063.

Abstract

We illustrate the acute phase and development of symptoms in a 24-year-old man following a European Common Viper bite to the tongue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Airway Obstruction / chemically induced*
  • Airway Obstruction / surgery
  • Airway Obstruction / therapy
  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / chemically induced
  • Male
  • Snake Bites / diagnosis*
  • Snake Bites / therapy
  • Tongue / drug effects*
  • Tracheostomy
  • Viper Venoms / toxicity*
  • Viperidae*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Viper Venoms