title: Vicia tetrasperma (four-seeded vetch) ingestion by a 3-year-old child.
abstract: We report an ingestion of Vicia tetrasperma (four-seeded vetch), initially misidentified as crown vetch (Coronilla varia). Vicia tetrasperma is not listed in POISINDEX; little is known of its toxic effects and we found no published human case reports. The child suffered only minor gastrointestinal effects which lasted a few hours and had no residual effects upon 24- and 96-hour followups.
authors.affiliation: Rhode Island Poison Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wine
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D010946:Plants, Medicinal