title: Psilocybin mushroom (Psilocybe semilanceata) intoxication with myocardial infarction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland. wolskist@r1.pam.szczecin.pl
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Borowiak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ciechanowski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Waloszczyk
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D006213:Hallucinogens; D011562:Psilocybin