Scombroid fish poisoning: successful treatment with cimetidine
Guss, D.A.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Inc 25(2): 123-125
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1066-2936 PMID: 9670438 Document Number: 494558
Reported is a patient with a clinical syndrome characteristic of scombroid fish poisoning after ingesting yellowfin tuna that may have been allowed to sit at room temperature for some time before preparation. The patient was treated with an intravenous infusion of cimetidine with prompt resolution of a diffuse, well demarcated, erythematous, pruritic rash. The treatment was without sequelae and permitted early discharge from the emergency department. A brief review of scombroid fish poisoning and its treatment is provided.