Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure following blowpipe dart poisoning.
The latex of pokok ipoh (Antiaris toxocaria) and the root bark of akar ipoh (Strychnos species) have been the main sources of the poisonous principles in dart and arrow poisons prepared throughout south-east Asia. We report a fatal case of rhabdomyolysis and acute oliguric renal failure following oral ingestion of blowpipe dart poison. To our knowledge this is the first such report.
Ho
L M
LM
Department of Medicine, University of Kebangsaan, Malaysia.
Cheong
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Jalil
H A
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010947:Plants, Toxic / Q000737:chemistry*; D011042:Poisons / Q000506:poisoning*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
D011042:Poisons