Yuval Cavari, MD, Isaac Lazar, MD, Ilan Shelef, MD, Shaul Sofer, MD

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Lethal Brain Edema, Shock, and Coagulopathy After Scorpion Envenomation Yuval Cavari, MD, Isaac Lazar, MD, Ilan Shelef, MD, Shaul Sofer, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 23-27 (March 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2012.09.009 Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The yellow scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2013 24, 23-27DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.09.009) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 (A, B) Two representative slides of the patient's computed tomography scan demonstrating extensive brain edema, diffuse decreased attenuation, and loss of gray-white matter differentiation, with relative increased attenuation of the basal ganglia, effacement of the sulci, and obliteration of the basal cistern and the fourth ventricle. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2013 24, 23-27DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.09.009) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions