Artículos de revistas
Diagnostic imaging of injuries caused by venomous and traumatogenic catfish
Fecha
2016-07-01Registro en:
Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical. Brasilia: Soc Brasileira Medicina Tropical, v. 49, n. 4, p. 530-533, 2016.
0037-8682
10.1590/0037-8682-0359-2015
S0037-86822016000400530
WOS:000382457200025
S0037-86822016000400530.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Institución
Resumen
Injuries caused by fish are common in marine and freshwater environments. Catfish of the Ariidae and Pimelodidae families cause about 80% of those injuries. One of the complications of injuries caused by fish is the retention of fragments of the stinger in the wounds. Here we report five cases (of a total of 127 injuries caused by catfish in the Brazilian coast) in which the retained fragments were detected by radiological examination. Retained fragments should be considered in patients stung by catfish. A simple X-ray is sufficient to detect fragments of stingers in the wounds.