Acute Hepatorenal Failure in a Patient Following Consumption of Mushrooms: A Case Report | Zendy

Farzad Rahmani | Zendy; Haniyeh Ebrahimi Bakhtavar | Zendy; Atefeh Ghavidel | Zendy

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Acute Hepatorenal Failure in a Patient Following Consumption of Mushrooms: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Farzad Rahmani,

Haniyeh Ebrahimi Bakhtavar,

Atefeh Ghavidel

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

iranian red crescent medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2074-1812

pISSN - 2074-1804

DOI - 10.5812/ircmj.17973

Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , mushroom poisoning , amanita phalloides , diarrhea , hemodialysis , nausea , hepatorenal syndrome , abdominal pain , emergency medicine , poison control , ascites , botany , biology

The patient was poisoned by A. phalloides complaining gastrointestinal symptoms including nausea; vomiting and watery diarrhea about six hours after consumption and then, amatoxin in the mushroom caused damage to hepatocytes and renal cells and finally led to hepatorenal failure. Deaths caused by this type of mushroom are extremely high and necessary trainings should be provided to the people by the health system not to consume wild mushrooms, especially in spring and summer.

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