Mushroom Poisoning by Macrolepiota neomastoidea
- Author:
So Yeon KIM
1
;
Yang Hyun BAEK
;
Sang Young HAN
;
Sung Wook LEE
;
Young Hoon ROH
;
Kwan Woo KIM
;
Sung Hwa KANG
;
Jin Sook JEONG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Macrolepiotin; Mushrooms; Acute liver failure; Poisoning
- MeSH: Abdominal Pain; Agaricales; Amanita; Asia; Diarrhea; Emergency Service, Hospital; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Liver Failure, Acute; Liver Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Mothers; Mushroom Poisoning; Nausea; Poisoning; Siblings; Vomiting
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2018;71(2):94-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: There are currently over 5,000-known species of mushrooms worldwide. Only 20–25% of mushrooms have been named, and 3% of these are poisonous. More than 95% of mushroom poisoning cases occur due to difficulties associated with the identification of mushroom species. Most of the fatal mushroom poisoning cases recorded to date have been related to the Amanita species. Until now, a case of fatal poisoning caused by Macrolepiota neomastoidea (M. neomastoidea) has not been reported in Asia. A 57-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. He reported ingesting wild mushrooms with his mother and sister about 2 days ago. His mother and sister were treated with only supportive care, but he was admitted to the intensive care unit and underwent liver transplantation due to acute liver failure. We are reporting a case of fatal M. neomastoidea intoxication from wild mushrooms, a rare case of mushroom poisoning.
