Case from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Stingray injury

Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 May;72(5):490-2.

Abstract

A case report is presented of an aviator with a stingray injury. The complicated diagnosis, treatment, delayed healing, and aeromedical disposition of this injury are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings / diagnostic imaging
  • Bites and Stings / etiology
  • Bites and Stings / therapy*
  • Fish Venoms / adverse effects*
  • Foot Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Foot Injuries / etiology
  • Foot Injuries / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Skates, Fish*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / diagnostic imaging
  • Wounds, Penetrating / etiology
  • Wounds, Penetrating / therapy

Substances

  • Fish Venoms