A BSTRACT The Indian red scorpion ( Hottentotta tamulus ) sting is a common clinical encounter that presents with cardiovascular complications. Patients presenting with neurological complications are rare. The present case pertains to a 26-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with complaints of pain in his right index finger following a scorpion sting and later developed seizures with right-sided hemiparesis. The relevant investigations and clinical details of this scorpion sting-induced rare case of hemiparesis are discussed herein.
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