Strange: Muscular necrosis after 50 years was bitten by poisonous venomous snakes

After more than 50 years of venomous snakebite, a woman in Thailand has a rare muscle necrosis syndrome in her legs, so that the 'massive' calcified block broke her skin and went outside.

The above case was reported by researchers at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand in a report in the Journal of Medical Case Reports issued on June 16, 2014.

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Very poisonous Malaysian cobra

According to a research report, a 66-year-old woman in Thailand was bitten by a Malaysian tiger snake, a venomous snake native to Southeast Asia, when she was 14 years old.

But about 10 years ago, when she saw the protruding calf area, the woman went for an X-ray and discovered an enlarged cavity surrounded by a calcareous membrane like egg.

Although not causing pain, the calcified mass grew too large and eventually broke her leg skin and was forced to ask surgeons to remove calcifications. The wound after a month has healed completely.

It is worth mentioning that this case of calcification of myonecrosis (a type of calcification of muscle necrosis) is very rare, in most cases previously known for this disease usually occurs when an injury or syndrome is present. compartment. Lime of myonecrosis forms a cavity in the leg or arm that leads to necrosis often occurring with a slowly developing calcification block and can sometimes be misdiagnosed as soft tissue sarcoma.

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Huge calcified blocks break out of the legs.

Explaining the cause of a rare case like this woman, doctors suspect that snakebites have caused a cavity syndrome , a syndrome that causes parts of muscles to have the same nerves and circuits. The blood must be organized, causing an increase in pressure on the muscles, making it unable to elastic easily.

According to Dr. Darren Fitzpatrick, who specializes in X-rays at the Sinai Mount Medical Center in New York, USA, an outsider of the study commented.'Calculation of muscle necrosis is easily confused with a tumor. Cavity syndrome usually occurs under the knee, where there is a large amount of muscle wiring. If the muscles suffer from traumatic syndrome, it gradually grows and breaks down the inner space leading to damage to blood flow. That's certainly the reason for this, ' said Darren Fitzpatrick.