Cerebral Infarction after Honey Bee Venom Acupuncture.
- Author:
So Young HUH
1
;
Bong Goo YOO
;
Min Jeong KIM
;
Jong Kuk KIM
;
Kwang Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. ybgne@ns.kosinmed.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bee Venoms;
MRI;
Cerebral infarction
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Aged;
Allergens;
Bee Venoms;
Bees;
Bites and Stings;
Brain;
Cerebral Infarction;
Dysarthria;
Honey;
Humans;
Infarction;
Paresis;
Platelet Aggregation;
Pons;
Thalamus;
Vasoconstriction;
Venoms;
Wasps
- From:Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2008;12(1):50-52
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bee venom acupuncture have been associated with wide variety of reactions from mild local reaction to fatal systemic reaction. Vascular complications of bee and wasp stings are rare. A 71-year-old man developed pontine and thalamic infarction after honey bee venom acupuncture. Dysarthria and left hemiparesis were noted 3 days later. The brain MRI showed cerebral infarcts in the left pons and thalamus. The presumed mechanisms include vasoconstriction and platelet aggregation secondary to an injection of distinct allergens contained in bee venom acupuncture.
