A Case of Attempted Suicide by Cerbera odollam Seed Ingestion

We report a case of attempted suicide by Cerbera odollam seed ingestion by a transgender patient who was successfully treated at our hospital. While the C. odollam plant has multiple practical and ornamental functions, its seeds have traditionally been utilized for suicidal and homicidal purposes in...

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Autores principales: Bernshteyn, Michelle, Adams, Steven H., Gada, Kunal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7367191
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description We report a case of attempted suicide by Cerbera odollam seed ingestion by a transgender patient who was successfully treated at our hospital. While the C. odollam plant has multiple practical and ornamental functions, its seeds have traditionally been utilized for suicidal and homicidal purposes in many parts of the world. Physicians should be aware of the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of C. odollam ingestion given the current ease of availability of these seeds in the United States and the increased reports of suicide attempts.
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spelling pubmed-73131162020-06-29 A Case of Attempted Suicide by Cerbera odollam Seed Ingestion Bernshteyn, Michelle Adams, Steven H. Gada, Kunal Case Rep Crit Care Case Report We report a case of attempted suicide by Cerbera odollam seed ingestion by a transgender patient who was successfully treated at our hospital. While the C. odollam plant has multiple practical and ornamental functions, its seeds have traditionally been utilized for suicidal and homicidal purposes in many parts of the world. Physicians should be aware of the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of C. odollam ingestion given the current ease of availability of these seeds in the United States and the increased reports of suicide attempts. Hindawi 2020-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7313116/ /pubmed/32607260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7367191 Text en Copyright © 2020 Michelle Bernshteyn et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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