Two Cases of Mushroom Poisoning by Podostroma Cornu-Damae.
10.3349/ymj.2013.54.1.265
- Author:
Jin Young AHN
1
;
Soon Ja SEOK
;
Je Eun SONG
;
Jung Ho CHOI
;
Sang Hoon HAN
;
Jun Yong CHOI
;
Chang Oh KIM
;
Young Goo SONG
;
June Myung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shhan74@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Podostroma cornu-damae;
mushroom;
poisoning;
pancytopenia
- MeSH:
Agaricales/metabolism;
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use;
Ascomycota/*metabolism;
Fatal Outcome;
Female;
Fever;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mushroom Poisoning/*diagnosis;
Pancytopenia/chemically induced;
Republic of Korea
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2013;54(1):265-268
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Podostroma cornu-damae is a rare fungus that houses a fatal toxin in its fruit body. In this case report, two patients collected and boiled the wild fungus in water, which they drank for one month. One patient died, presenting with desquamation of the palms and soles, pancytopenia, severe sepsis and multiple organ failure. The other patient recovered after one month of conservative care after admission. We found a piece of Podostroma cornu-damae in the remaining clusters of mushrooms. Mushroom poisoning by Podostroma cornu-damae has never been previously reported in Korea.
