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Fatal weeverfish sting

Instituto Nacional de Toxicologia, Barcelona, Spain

P Sanz

Departamento de Salud Puzblica, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain; Rda/General Mitre, 39 Barcelona 08017, Spain

S Nogué

Departamento de Salud Puzblica, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

J L Poncela

Médico Forense, Juzgado no. 7 de Palma de Malorca, Islas Baleares, Spain

P Garrido

Departamento de Salud Puzblica, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

J L Valverde

Instituto Nacional de Toxicologia, Barcelona, Spain

We report a case of fatal weeverfish sting. An 18-yearold man was stung on the left leg by a weeverfish, which he was attempting to capture while snorkelling off the coast of Majorca (Spain). The man felt intense pain, but managed to swim to his boat where he lost consciousness after boarding rapidly. An hour later, when examined by a doctor, the subject was found to be in cardiorespiratory arrest. Reanimation manoeuvres were unsuccessful. The most import post-mortem findings were in the skin and lungs. A puncture wound, which traversed the greater saphenous vein and was covered by an intense haemorrhagic infiltrate, was observed in the skin. The lungs showed haemorrhagic alveolar oedema.

Key Words: weeverfish • sting • fatal poisoning

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