Psilocybin mushroom (Psilocybe semilanceata) intoxication with myocardial infarction.
Intentional intoxication with natural hallucinogenic substances such as hallucinogenic mushrooms continues to be a major problem in the US and Europe, particularly in the harbor complex of northwest Poland (Pomerania). A case is described of Psilocybe intoxication in an 18-year-old man resulting in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, arrhythmia, and myocardial infarction. The indole concentrations of hallucinogenic mushrooms may predict the risk for adverse central nervous system and cardiac toxicity.
Borowiak
K S
KS
Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland. wolskist@r1.pam.szczecin.pl
Ciechanowski
K
K
Waloszczyk
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D000293:Adolescent; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011562:Psilocybin / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000506:poisoning*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*
D006213:Hallucinogens; D011562:Psilocybin