Case report Pulmonary Edema in Scorpion Bite

A patient after 3 days of scorpion bite at the lateral aspect of right lower limb presented with a feature of pulmonary edema and cardiac arrhythmias and was treated at ICU set-up with diuretics and other supportive therapy. The patient recovered fully symptomatically, radiological finding and ECG came normal. Usually scorpion bites are not toxic but few species are toxic because of its massive release of catecholamine and direct toxic effect of the venom on cardiac fibers