Poster # P-322 Bilateral Visual Loss Following Snakebite

Presenter: Kim, Minjung

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Conclusions:
Snake venom is known to affect the blood coagulation process which may induce massive intravascular coagulation, toxic vasculitis, hyperviscosity, hypercoagulation, and consumption coagulopathy. This case shows very rare occurrence of retinal hemorrhage due to consumption coagulopathy that seemed to develop from a snakebite.






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