Brain infarcts due to scorpion stings in children: MRI

We report two children with severe neurological complications after having been stung by a scorpion. Clinical and MRI findings suggested brain infarct s. The lesions seen were in pens in one child and the right hemisphere in t he other. The latter also showed possible hyperemia in the infarcted area. No vascular occlusions were observed and we therefore think the brain infar cts were a consequence of the scorpion sting. The cause of the infarct may be hypotension, shock or depressed left ventricular function, all of which are frequent in severe poisoning by scorpion sting.