Mystery root ingestion.
Patients frequently come to the emergency department or contact a poison center following exposure to plants. These cases are often challenging owing to difficulty in correct identification of the involved plant. A case of two patients who demonstrated anticholinergic syndromes after ingesting an unknown, wild plant is described. Chemical analysis of two suspect plants collected in the same location allowed a probable diagnosis of poisoning from ingestion of henbane (Hyoscyamus niger).
Spoerke
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DG
Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, CO 80204-4507.
Hall
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AH
Dodson
C D
CD
Stermitz
F R
FR
Swanson
C H
CH
Rumack
B H
BH
D001285:Atropine / Q000032:analysis; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D011674:Pulse; D013894:Thirst
D001285:Atropine