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Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle
Cantharidin is a poisonous substance secreted by blister beetles, including the ‘Spanish fly’. Historically, cantharidin was used as an aphrodisiac, vesicant and abortifacient. Symptoms of poisoning include gastrointestinal and genitourinary mucosal irritation along with renal dysfunction. We presen...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sft001 |
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author | Cotovio, Patrícia Silva, Cristina Guedes Marques, Maria Ferrer, Francisco Costa, Fátima Carreira, Armando Campos, Mário |
author_facet | Cotovio, Patrícia Silva, Cristina Guedes Marques, Maria Ferrer, Francisco Costa, Fátima Carreira, Armando Campos, Mário |
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description | Cantharidin is a poisonous substance secreted by blister beetles, including the ‘Spanish fly’. Historically, cantharidin was used as an aphrodisiac, vesicant and abortifacient. Symptoms of poisoning include gastrointestinal and genitourinary mucosal irritation along with renal dysfunction. We present the case of a reckless 23-year-old soldier who accepted the challenge of eating a beetle (Berberomeloe majalis). Six hours later he was admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain, dysuria, gross haematuria with clots, hypotension, fever and renal insufficiency. With intravenous fluid therapy, he recovered clinically. Laboratory parameters returned to normal within 1 week. |
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spelling | pubmed-44324442015-05-27 Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle Cotovio, Patrícia Silva, Cristina Guedes Marques, Maria Ferrer, Francisco Costa, Fátima Carreira, Armando Campos, Mário Clin Kidney J Clinical Cases Cantharidin is a poisonous substance secreted by blister beetles, including the ‘Spanish fly’. Historically, cantharidin was used as an aphrodisiac, vesicant and abortifacient. Symptoms of poisoning include gastrointestinal and genitourinary mucosal irritation along with renal dysfunction. We present the case of a reckless 23-year-old soldier who accepted the challenge of eating a beetle (Berberomeloe majalis). Six hours later he was admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain, dysuria, gross haematuria with clots, hypotension, fever and renal insufficiency. With intravenous fluid therapy, he recovered clinically. Laboratory parameters returned to normal within 1 week. Oxford University Press 2013-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4432444/ /pubmed/26019851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sft001 Text en © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Cases Cotovio, Patrícia Silva, Cristina Guedes Marques, Maria Ferrer, Francisco Costa, Fátima Carreira, Armando Campos, Mário Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
title | Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
title_full | Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
title_fullStr | Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
title_short | Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
title_sort | acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle |
topic | Clinical Cases |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sft001 |
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