title: Self-poisoning with Colchicum autumnale L. flowers.
abstract: A 44-year-old man ingested about 40 flowers of Colchicum autumnale L. The patient presented with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain 2 hours after ingestion and had diarrhea 14 hours after ingestion. Hematological values remained within normal range. Treatment was mainly supportive. The outcome was favorable. The intoxication was confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Maximal colchicine levels were 4.34 ng/mL at 13 hours in plasma and 5.43 ng/mL at 16 hours in erythrocytes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report one of the few symptomatic cases of Colchicum autumnale L. poisoning confirmed by toxicological analysis.
authors.affiliation: Département Pluridisciplinaire de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Grenoble, France. VDanel@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Danel
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wiart
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Houdret
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003078:Colchicine / Q000097:blood; D003079:Colchicum / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine