Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis in Fatal Amanita Poisoning
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Toxicology
- Vol. 7 (2) , 199-201
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700218
Abstract
1 A case of fatal Amanita phalloides poisoning in a 14-year-old boy is described. 2 The patient presented severe acute liver dysfunction, disseminated intravascular coagulation and refractory hypoxaemia, and died on the 9th day after mushroom ingestion. 3 Post-mortem examination revealed mesenteric venous thrombosis, massive liver necrosis and haemorrhagic pulmonary alveolitis.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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