title: An Atropa belladonna L. poisoning with acute subdural hematoma.
abstract: Atropa belladonna L. is a plant long known to cause poisoning. But no cases of acute subdural hematoma resulting from such poisoning have been reported so far. Care must also be taken in terms of acute pancreatitis and rhabdomyolysis in cases of such poisoning. The plant may sometimes be mistaken for the Caucasian blueberry, V. arctostaphylos L. At least one anti-cholinesterase toxidrome finding was determined in all the nine cases of belladonna poisoning in this series. No elevated creatine kinase was reported in one case with acute subdural hematoma and hyperamylasemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gümüşhane State Hospital, Gümüşhane, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ulas
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cikla
authors.forename: Suha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkmen
authors.forename: Yunus
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.forename: Faik Ahmet
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Ahmet Faik
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turedi
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gunduz
mesh_terms: D001532:Atropa belladonna / Q000506:poisoning*; D029798:Blueberry Plants; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D020199:Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010947:Plants, Toxic / Q000506:poisoning*; D016896:Treatment Outcome