Case of skin injuries due to stings by crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-167

  Sato, Hironobu ^a   Tsuruta, Yuichiro ^a   Yamamoto, Yu Ichi ^b   Asato, Yutaka ^b   Taira, Kiyohito ^b   Hagiwara, Keisuke ^b   Kayo, Susumu ^b   Iwanaga, Setsuko ^c   Uezato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthaster planci; Crown of thorns starfish; Poisonous starfish; Skin injuries

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABRASION; ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HAND PALM; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SWELLING; STAB WOUND; STARFISH; STARFISH STING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; STARFISH;

EID: 41049107139     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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