Catalog

Sea-urchin injury

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Link to WHO Definition

Sea-urchin injury – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1386734256

Penetrating skin injury by the spines and pedicellariae of by sea-urchins, starfish and sea cucumbers, causing acute intense localised burning pain. Some species inject venom from their pedicellariae, producing oedema, blistering and occasionally skin necrosis: injected venom may rarely cause systemic toxicity.