Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) intoxication: an important cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure.
Star fruit intoxication is a rare cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure. Most cases in the literature are uremic patients on maintenance dialysis. We present a patient with chronic renal failure, who was not on dialysis program yet, suffered from star fruit intoxication with presentation of consciousness disturbance and successfully managed by a session of hemodialysis.
Chang
Chin-Tung
CT
Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chen
Yung-Chang
YC
Fang
Ji-Tseng
JT
Huang
Chiu-Ching
CC
D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005638:Fruit / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis