Stroke intracerebral multiple infarcts: Rare neurological presentation of honey bee bite

Honey-bee bites which require urgent hospitalization is very rare. It is mainly seen as occupational hazards in farmers, tree dwellers and honey collectors. Common clinical presentation includes minor localized reactions in form of swelling and redness sometimes anaphylactic reaction. Infrequent major complications reported from different studies include rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure (ARF), acute pulmonary edema, intravascular coagulation, encephalopathy and very rarely cerebral haemorrhage. Stroke due to multiple intra- cerebral infarcts along with rhabdomyolysis in patient of honey-bee bite is rare neurological complication. We report a case of 70 year man with honey-bee bite and multiple intracerebral infarcts presented as stroke, and rhabdomyolysis and ARF. When a patient presented with honey-bee bite, one should suspect serious complications. Despite advances in the understanding of pathophysiology its complications remains enigmatic and in some instances may be multifactorial. Various therapeutic interventions if started early after diagnosis reduces the possible consequences as potential reversibility of the illness.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

• Publication date

  2012-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4103/0972-2327.95008PMID 22566738PMCID 3345601
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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