Scorpion bite is common in rural areas of India with self limiting local reaction and pain at envenomation site, however envenomation due to Mesobuthus tamlus (Indian red scorpion) some time have uncommon systemic manifestation like myocarditis, pulmonary edema, pancreatitis, defibrination syndrome, DIC and CNS manifestation due to hemorrhagic infarct, all these systemic manifestation is corrob...

An anomaly was recorded in the pecten shape of scorpion species Mesobuthus turcicus Kova?ík et al., 2022 that recently described from Turkey. In this case, it is observed marginal and median lamellae fulcrae are fused right pecten. For reason, bent counter clockwise. Different other pectinal anomalies, size teeth developed normally but number fewer. This teratological on illustrated. first repo...

in this study, effects of buthus eupeus venom on chick biventer cervices nerve-muscle preparation were investigated by twitch tension method. the venom, at 1.3 ?g/ml, increased contractile responses in indirect stimulations. these effects were milder in direct muscle stimulations. it also caused significant enhancement in postjunctional sensitivity as assessed by responses to exogenous acetylch...

Mesobuthus martensii Karsch, commonly known as the Chinese scorpion or Manchurian scorpion, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as Quanxie to treat chronic pain, tetanus, tremors, convulsion, and paralysis for more than a thousand years. We report a case of poisoning after ingestion of a teaspoon of Quanxie powder. The patient presented with chest pain, dizziness, diaphoresis, general...

BACKGROUND Myocardial toxicity following a sting by the Indian red scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) is a life-threatening medical emergency. A perusal of the published literature suggests that this problem has seldom been studied systematically. METHODS We retrospectively studied the clinical presentation and echocardiographic findings in 24 patients (mean [SD] age 23.2 [11.7] years; 19 males) w...