Surgical excision of the nail lesions required the removal of a large amount of nail matrix that resulted in permanent nail plate dystrophy. Histopathology revealed typical foreign-body granulomas in the nail dermis. Although this is a case of echinoderm envenomation, we should watch patients to see if this problem occurs after cnidarian stings. Carducci M, Mussi A, Leone G, Catricala C. Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to Weever fish stings. Rarely, systemic symptoms occur, including hypotension and depressed respirations.
Death is possible, but extremely rare.
The authors noted Raynaud's phenomenon only on the affected finger occurring some weeks after the weever fish sting. A rare complication - We should see if it occurs after jellyfish stings. Marine stingers in far North Queensland. A short review of the clinical aspects of Chironex and Carykea stings. Heeger T. Fallstudie einer Quallenverletzung.