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Hoon Dong Kim¹, Moon Sun Jung, So Young Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.

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Summary

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Pit viper snake venom can cause rare neurotoxic complications affecting eye muscles. This case details the first instance of comitant exotropia following a pit viper bite, without typical paralytic signs.

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Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Toxicology
Neurology

Background:

Pit viper snake venom is known to possess mild neurotoxic properties.
Neurotoxic complications, such as paralytic strabismus, can rarely occur following pit viper envenomation.
Extraocular muscles are particularly vulnerable to these neurotoxic effects, with the medial rectus muscle frequently implicated in prior reports.

Observation:

This report presents a unique case of a patient who experienced a pit viper snakebite.
The patient developed comitant exotropia, a condition where the eyes turn outward.
Notably, the exotropia in this case did not present with obvious paralytic features typically associated with such envenomations.

Findings:

This is the first documented case of pit viper snakebite leading to comitant exotropia.
The observed exotropia occurred without the paralytic signs commonly seen in similar neurotoxic complications.
The findings suggest a potentially atypical presentation of neurotoxicity affecting ocular motility after pit viper envenomation.

Implications:

This case expands the known spectrum of ocular motility disorders following pit viper snakebites.
It highlights the need for ophthalmological evaluation in patients with pit viper envenomation, even in the absence of overt paralysis.
Further research may elucidate the specific mechanisms underlying this non-paralytic presentation of ocular muscle dysfunction after snakebite.