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Nicoletta Lanese

In rare case, man develops painful deep vein blood clots following brown recluse spider bite

close up photo of a light brown brown recluse spider on a black background

In the first known case of its kind, a man in Michigan developed recurrent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in both legs after reportedly being bitten by a brown recluse spider.

Previously, "no case of deep vein thrombosis has been reported following a brown recluse spider bite," according to a new report of the unusual case, published in April in the journal Clinical Case Reports.

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