Open AccessAbrus precatorius poisoning and central pontine myelinolysis
Author(s) -
Sumantra Sarkar,
Kalyani Saha Basu,
Jayati Das,
Supratim Datta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_84_17
Subject(s) - abrus precatorius , central pontine myelinolysis , medicine , accidental , accidental poisoning , traditional medicine , poison control , medical emergency , injury prevention , hyponatremia , physics , acoustics
Accidental poisoning with Abrus precatorius (AP) can rarely produce neurological complication due to its toxic principle "Abrin". The authors report such a case in a 2-year old child, who subsequently developed central pontine myelinolysis, an association, to the best of the author's knowledge, has never been reported in literature.