Complex regional pain syndrome following southern pacific rattlesnake (C. oreganus helleri) envenoming

Lawrence McLean House; Matthew R Lewin; Ramana K Naidu; Halil Beqaj

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5019

Complex regional pain syndrome following southern pacific rattlesnake (C. oreganus helleri) envenoming

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Nov 12;9(11):e05019. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5019. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Lawrence McLean House¹, Matthew R Lewin², Ramana K Naidu³, Halil Beqaj⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of California San Francisco, Pain Management, Anesthesia & Perioperative Care San Francisco California USA.
² Center for Exploration and Travel Health & Ophirex, Inc. California Academy of Sciences San Francisco California USA.
³ Marin Health, Medical Director of Pain Management for Marin Health Medical Center Greenbrae California USA.
⁴ Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center New York New York USA.

Abstract

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) has rarely been reported in the setting of snakebite but might be more common than previously reported. We present the third case of CRPS reported in North America and the first resulting from a pit-viper's bite.

Keywords: CRPS; long‐term envenoming syndromes; snakebite.

Publication types

Case Reports