Infiltrated plaques resulting from an injury caused by the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris): a case report

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributorBrazilian Minist Sci Technol & Innovat
dc.creatorHaddad, Vidal [UNESP]
dc.creatorMagalhaes, Claudia Alves de
dc.date2015-03-18T15:55:50Z
dc.date2015-03-18T15:55:50Z
dc.date2014-10-24
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T03:10:11Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T03:10:11Z
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-47
dc.identifierJournal Of Venomous Animals And Toxins Including Tropical Diseases. London: Biomed Central Ltd, v. 20, 2 p., 2014.
dc.identifier1678-9199
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/117323
dc.identifier10.1186/1678-9199-20-47
dc.identifierWOS:000346200800001
dc.identifierWOS000346200800001.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8766808
dc.descriptionSeveral species of octopus are considered venomous due to toxins present in the glands connected to their "beak", which may be associated with hunt and kill of prey. Herein, we report an accident involving a common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) that injured an instructor during a practical biology lesson and provoked an inflamed infiltrated plaque on the hand of the victim. The lesion was present for about three weeks and was treated with cold compresses and anti-inflammatory drugs. It was healed ten days after leaving a hyperchromic macule at the bite site. The probable cause of the severe inflammation was the digestive enzymes of the glands and not the neurotoxins of the venom.
dc.descriptionSao Paulo State Univ, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu Med Sch, Dept Dermatol, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.descriptionBrazilian Minist Sci Technol & Innovat, Coordinat Ocean Affairs & Antarctica, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
dc.descriptionSao Paulo State Univ, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu Med Sch, Dept Dermatol, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.format2
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBiomed Central Ltd
dc.relationJournal Of Venomous Animals And Toxins Including Tropical Diseases
dc.relation1.782
dc.relation0,573
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectOctopuses
dc.subjectVenomous animals
dc.subjectAquatic animals
dc.subjectVenoms
dc.subjectPoisoning
dc.subjectDigestive enzymes
dc.titleInfiltrated plaques resulting from an injury caused by the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris): a case report
dc.typeArtigo


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