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Datura/intoxicação , Fagopyrum/intoxicação , Contaminação de Alimentos , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/diagnóstico , Centros de Controle de Intoxicações , Vigilância de Produtos Comercializados/métodos , Adulto , Idoso , Pré-Escolar , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Ecotoxicologia/métodos , Ecotoxicologia/organização & administração , Ecotoxicologia/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Contaminação de Alimentos/análise , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/epidemiologia , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/etiologia , França/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Centros de Controle de Intoxicações/organização & administração , Gravidez , Vigilância de Produtos Comercializados/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Several species of plants in the Fabaceae family are traditionally used for poison fishing because they contain ichthyotoxic rotenoids. In French Guiana two species of Fabaceae belonging to Lonchocarpus genus with a toxic rotenone effect are used for such ancestral practices. Rotenone is of low toxicity for humans when it is diluted, but its neurotoxicity at higher concentrations is well known to users. CASE REPORT: The purpose of this article is to describe a case of self-poisoning by an 86-year-old woman who ingested a bowl of mashed ichthyotoxic plants. Despite early onset of severe symptoms, the patient regained consciousness and resumed normal breathing within a few hours with only symptomatic treatment. CONCLUSION: The clinical pattern observed in this patient (onset of digestive manifestations followed quickly by loss of conscience and respiratory insufficiency) is in agreement with the few poisonings reported in the literature involving other Fabaceae species containing rotenoids in Asia or involving concentrated rotenone used in insecticides. In patients, who survive the initial phase, symptoms usually regress quickly.
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Fabaceae/intoxicação , Síndromes Neurotóxicas/etiologia , Extratos Vegetais/intoxicação , Rotenona/intoxicação , Doença Aguda , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Guiana Francesa , Humanos , Síndromes Neurotóxicas/terapia , Tentativa de Suicídio , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Coriaria myrtifolia should be recognized as one of the most neurotoxic plants in western Mediterranean area. This shrub produces a toxin, coriamyrtin, that is present in high concentrations in the berries. Ingestion of few fruits similar to blackberries may induce digestive and neurological manifestations including seizures, coma and apnea. The authors present a new case report that took place in the French Catalonia: an 8 year-old boy developed vomiting and generalized recurrent convulsions after ingestion of C. myrtifolia berries. He needed repeated diazepam administrations and was managed in the hospital. He recovered after one day of benzodiazepine treatment. In order to evaluate the consequences of C. myrtifolia poisoning, 83 cases of the literature were analyzed: the cases occurred in three countries (Spain, France and Morocco); the mean delay of the symptom development was 150 min; the neurological disturbances were the most frequent signs and 11 patients died (6 children, 5 adults) mainly in old reports.