Acute hepatorenal failure in a patient following consumption of mushrooms : a case report
Joint Authors
Rahmani, Farzad
Bakhtavar, Hanieh Ibrahimi
Ghavidel, Atifah
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 3 (31 Mar. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-03-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
One of the highly toxic mushrooms that are common in the northwest region of Iran is Amanita phalloides, which might result in renal or liver failure.
Case Presentation : This is a case report of a patient referred a few days after consumption of wild mushrooms to emergency department having gastrointestinal complaint whose experiments indicated liver and renal failure.
The supportive treatment was given to the patient prescribing N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and Livergol (silymarin) along with hemodialysis.
A few days after admission to the hospital, the patient died due to severe clinical symptoms.
Conclusions : The patient was poisoned by A.
phalloides complaining gastrointestinal symptoms including nausea; vomiting and watery diarrhea about six hours after consumption and then, amatoxin in the mushroom caused damage to hepatocytes and renal cells and finally led to hepatorenal failure.
Deaths caused by this type of mushroom are extremely high and necessary trainings should be provided to the people by the health system not to consume wild mushrooms, especially in spring and summer.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rahmani, Farzad& Bakhtavar, Hanieh Ibrahimi& Ghavidel, Atifah. 2015. Acute hepatorenal failure in a patient following consumption of mushrooms : a case report. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 17, no. 3, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-554085
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rahmani, Farzad…[et al.]. Acute hepatorenal failure in a patient following consumption of mushrooms : a case report. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 17, no. 3 (Mar. 2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-554085
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rahmani, Farzad& Bakhtavar, Hanieh Ibrahimi& Ghavidel, Atifah. Acute hepatorenal failure in a patient following consumption of mushrooms : a case report. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2015. Vol. 17, no. 3, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-554085
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 3-4
Record ID
BIM-554085