Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

Mushroom poisoning is common in the United States. The severity of mushroom poisoning may vary, depending on the geographic location, the amount of toxin delivered, and the genetic characteristics of the mushroom. Though they could have varied presentation, early identification with careful history...

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Autores principales: Perisetti, Abhilash, Raghavapuram, Saikiran, Sheikh, Abu Baker, Yendala, Rachana, Rahman, Rubayat, Shanshal, Mohamed, Thein, Kyaw Z, Farooq, Asif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29896444
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2436
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author Perisetti, Abhilash
Raghavapuram, Saikiran
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Yendala, Rachana
Rahman, Rubayat
Shanshal, Mohamed
Thein, Kyaw Z
Farooq, Asif
author_facet Perisetti, Abhilash
Raghavapuram, Saikiran
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Yendala, Rachana
Rahman, Rubayat
Shanshal, Mohamed
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Farooq, Asif
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description Mushroom poisoning is common in the United States. The severity of mushroom poisoning may vary, depending on the geographic location, the amount of toxin delivered, and the genetic characteristics of the mushroom. Though they could have varied presentation, early identification with careful history could be helpful in triage. We present a case of a 69-year-old female of false morel mushroom poisoning leading to hepatotoxicity with painless jaundice and biochemical pancreatitis.
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spelling pubmed-59955842018-06-12 Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature Perisetti, Abhilash Raghavapuram, Saikiran Sheikh, Abu Baker Yendala, Rachana Rahman, Rubayat Shanshal, Mohamed Thein, Kyaw Z Farooq, Asif Cureus Emergency Medicine Mushroom poisoning is common in the United States. The severity of mushroom poisoning may vary, depending on the geographic location, the amount of toxin delivered, and the genetic characteristics of the mushroom. Though they could have varied presentation, early identification with careful history could be helpful in triage. We present a case of a 69-year-old female of false morel mushroom poisoning leading to hepatotoxicity with painless jaundice and biochemical pancreatitis. Cureus 2018-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5995584/ /pubmed/29896444 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2436 Text en Copyright © 2018, Perisetti et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Perisetti, Abhilash
Raghavapuram, Saikiran
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Yendala, Rachana
Rahman, Rubayat
Shanshal, Mohamed
Thein, Kyaw Z
Farooq, Asif
Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
title Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
title_full Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
title_short Mushroom Poisoning Mimicking Painless Progressive Jaundice: A Case Report with Review of the Literature
title_sort mushroom poisoning mimicking painless progressive jaundice: a case report with review of the literature
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29896444
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2436
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