Ischemic Stroke and Provoked Seizure as a Manifestation of Brugmansia suaveolens (Angel's Trumpet) Acute Intoxication: A Detailed Clinical, Electroencephalogram, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Description and 5-Month Follow-up
| Autor: | Alessandra Fratto, Domenico Bosco, Alessandra Clodomiro, Giovanni Frontera, Emilio Le Piane, D. Pirritano, Eleonora Colosimo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Brugmansia suaveolens
Brugmansia Global aphasia Brain Ischemia Seizures medicine Mydriasis Humans Pharmacology (medical) Ictal Stroke Aged Ischemic Stroke Pharmacology biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Electroencephalography biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Plants Toxic Anesthesia Vomiting Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business Diffusion MRI Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical neuropharmacology. 44(6) |
| ISSN: | 1537-162X |
| Popis: | Methods We present a detailed clinical, laboratory, electroencephalogram/magnetic resonance imaging description and a 4-month follow-up of a case of stroke and provoked seizures as manifestation of angel's trumpet intoxication. Results/discussion A 76-year-old woman presented with stuporous state evolving in 48 hours in bilateral mydriasis, vomiting, global aphasia, confusion, and stereotyped movement. An interictal electroencephalogram, performed 72 hours later, showed frequent generalized epileptiform discharges, and a brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed 2 small subcortical lesions in the right frontal lobe on diffusion weighted imaging sequences. When completely recovered, she could tell that she had mistaken angel's trumpet flowers for pumpkin flowers, so she had eaten them. Conclusions Angel's trumpet intoxication is a neurological emergency that deserves attention of both the media in matter of plant poisoning and the scientific forums because of the high lethal potential to better choose the diagnostic and therapeutic process. |
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