Abstract:
Scorpion bite is one of the common emerging
toxicological problems in Jaffna peninsula of
Northern Sri Lanka. Majority of the patients have an
uncomplicated course, but some people may have
severe systemic envenomation and life-threatening
cardiovascular events. This case report is of a child
admitted to Paediatric professorial unit, Teaching
Hospital Jaffna following white scorpion (Hottentotta
tamulus) bite. Subsequently he developed myocardial
ischemia. There was no literature available in paediatric
population with myocardial ischemia following sting of
Hottentotta tamulus.
