Greater weever fish: A case of poisoning with sea creatures far away from the sea.

Sezin Bozkurt; Sertaç Güler; Gökhan Aksel; İsa Kılıçaslan

doi:10.5505/1304.7361.2012.54227

Sezin Bozkurt¹, Sertaç Güler², Gökhan Aksel², İsa Kılıçaslan¹

¹Department Of Emergency Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
²Department Of Emergency, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin

Keywords: Trachinus Draco, greater weever, venomous fish, hot water, emergency

Abstract

Trachinus Draco, known as greater weever fish, probably seen more frequently than has been reported. However, only a few clinical cases have been reported in the literature that describes Trachinus species envenomation. Here, we presented a case poisoned by a weever fish and try to describe the signs/symptoms and treatment modalities of the weever fish envenomation and also tried to emphasize poisonings that could be far from the sea with dead sea creatures.