Viber Snakebite Presenting with Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Very Rare Case Report from Somalia

Abstract

Nor Osman Sidow,1,2 Abdiwahid Ahmed Ibrahim,1 Nasra Mohamud Hilowle,3 Nasra Ahmed Diblawe,3 Ridwan Mohamud Ali,4 Abdinasir Mohamed Elmi,5 Bakar Ali Adam,1 Mohamed Sheikh Hassan1 1Department of Neurology, Mogadishu-Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Jazeera University, Mogadishu, Somalia; 3Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Mogadishu-Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 4Department of Emergency, Mogadishu-Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 5Department of Radiology, Mogadishu-Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence: Abdiwahid Ahmed Ibrahim, Email [email protected]: Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT) is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening neurological disorder that is often missed because its clinical and radiological symptoms are not specific. Snake bites are a rare cause of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis that must be recognized and treated promptly to improve survival. Here, we present a case of a 30-year-old male patient who had cerebral venous thrombosis after snake bite in the rural area of southern Somalia. After close monitoring with anticoagulation, the condition of the patient improved and discharged from the hospital with full of consciousness. There are only a few cases reported in the literature of snake bites causing cerebral venous thrombosis.Keywords: snakebite, cerebral venous thrombosis, venom, viper, anticoagulant

Keywords

• snakebite
• cerebral venous thrombosis
• venom
• viper
• and anticoagulant