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REVIEW The renal pathology of mushroom poisoning
Author(s) -
O'DONNELL M.,
FLEMING S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1997.d01-597.x
Subject(s) - pathology , mushroom , necrosis , giant cell , histology , multinucleate , cytoplasm , hyperplasia , electron microscope , anatomy , ingestion , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , physics , optics
We present the histology and electronmicroscopy of renal failure caused by ingestion of the mushroom species Cortinarius speciosissimus . Light microscopy revealed acute tubular necrosis, multinucleated tubular epithelial cells and concentric medial muscular hyperplasia of arteries. Electronmicroscopy showed the displaced and abnormal architecture of actin filaments at the periphery of the cytoplasm in renal tubular epithelial cells.