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Bilateral Pallidostriatal Necrosis Caused by a Wasp Sting:A Clinical and Pathological Study JNNP 58:474-476, Gallego,J.,et al, 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract A previously healthy man developed an acute encephalopathy with coma after a single wasp sting on his chin.Brain CT showed bilateral pallidostriatal radiolucencies.He died 72 hours after the sting with no evidence of primary cardiorespiratory failure or allergic reaction.Pathologic findings were bilateral pallidostriatal necrosis and diffuse neuronal damage to the frontal,temporal,and parietal cortex.The neurotoxic effect of the poison, together with a hypersensitivity reaction are the most likely explanations for this unusual encephalopathy.

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