Disseminated intravascular coagulation and mesenteric venous thrombosis in fatal Amanita poisoning.
1. A case of fatal Amanita phalloides poisoning in a 14-year-old boy is described. 2. The patient presented severe acute liver dysfunction, disseminated intravascular coagulation and refractory hypoxaemia, and died on the 9th day after mushroom ingestion. 3. Post-mortem examination revealed mesenteric venous thrombosis, massive liver necrosis and haemorrhagic pulmonary alveolitis.
Sanz
P
P
Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Hospital Clínico y Provincial, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Reig
R
R
Borrás
L
L
Martínez
J
J
Máñez
R
R
Corbella
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000545:Amanita; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*