| skin lesions in envenoming by cnidarians (portuguese man-of-war and jellyfish): etiology and severity of accidents on the brazilian coast. | this work attempts to establish dermatological identification patterns for brazilian cnidarian species and a probable correlation with envenoming severity. in an observational prospective study, one hundred and twenty-eight patients from the north coast region of são paulo state, brazil were seen between 2002 and 2008. about 80% of these showed only local effects (erythema, edema, and pain) with small, less than 20 cm, oval or round skin marks and impressions from small tentacles. approximately ... | 2010 | 20305955 |