title: Five cases of Thermopsis poisoning.
abstract: Various Thermopsis species are found in the foothills and plains of the Rocky Mountains. There are no reported cases of human ingestion to Thermopsis reported in the literature. We report 5 cases of ingestion of seeds or flowers where the primary symptoms were nausea, vomiting and headache of several hours duration. As few as 6 seeds produced symptoms. The common names used by parents when calling the poison center could have easily lead to misidentification and a careful history and subsequent professional identification were required to ascertain the actual plant involved.
authors.affiliation: Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80204-4507.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Spoerke
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wruk
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Rumack
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D007887:Fabaceae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000209:etiology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced